Two kids killed in house fire during birthday party
NEWARK, NJ – A house fire late Saturday night claimed the lives of two young girls in Newark, leaving the community reeling. The blaze occurred on Eckert Avenue and was reported just after midnight. Responding firefighters found the victims, a 6-year-old and an 8-year-old, severely burned and unresponsive. Despite first responders’ efforts to revive them, the girls were tragically pronounced dead at the scene. Video footage from the incident shows emergency crews carrying a stretcher …