Family displaced after Tuesday night fire in Gloucester Township

Gloucester Township, NJ – A family has been displaced after a fire damaged their home Tuesday evening.

At around 5:42 pm, members of the Gloucester Township Police Department and Fire Department responded to the home on Locust Lane in the Blackwood section of the township.

Upon their arrival, the house was engulfed in fire, and first responders cleared neighboring homes and made sure nobody was still in the burning structure

The family, which was home at the time of the fire, was displaced as a result of the damage.

At this time, the fire does not appear suspicious and will remain under investigation by the New Jersey State Fire Marshal’s Office and Blackwood Fire Department Station 84.