PARSIPPANY-TROY HILLS, N.J. (Morris County) — Residents were displaced Wednesday night after a fire broke out at an apartment building in the Lake Hiawatha section of Parsippany, according to police.
The Parsippany Police Department said officers responded at approximately 8:10 p.m. May 20 after the Montville Police Department’s communications center received a 911 call reporting a structure fire at Building 46 of the Knoll Gardens Apartment Complex.
When officers arrived, they learned there was an active fire in the building’s crawl space, police said.
Maintenance personnel and responding officers safely evacuated residents from the building while firefighters worked to extinguish the blaze.
Authorities said the fire was brought under control by responding fire crews, but the building was later deemed uninhabitable because of damage and the disconnection of utilities.
The American Red Cross was contacted to assist displaced residents, police said.
All six Parsippany fire districts responded to the scene along with Parsippany Rescue and Recovery, Par-Troy EMS and both Parsippany volunteer EMS squads.
Mutual aid assistance was also provided by the Boonton, Whippany, Denville, Montville and Morris Plains fire departments.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Parsippany Police Department at 973-263-4300.
