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Two Families Displaced, Four Townhouses Damaged In Sicklerville Fire, Officials Say

SICKLERVILLE, N.J. (CBS) – Two families are displaced and four townhouses are damaged after a fire ripped through a development in Gloucester Township, officials say. The fire began at approximately 6:07 p.m. Sunday in the Brittany Woods development.

Fire officials say crews observed heavy smoke and an active fire coming from the second-floor window of a home upon arrival.

The residents of the home made it out safely before crews arrived on scene, according to authorities.

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Several residents in neighboring homes were evacuated as a precaution, officials say.

Officials say two homes were deemed uninhabitable, displacing two families, and the other two had minor smoke damage.

No one was injured in the fire.

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The cause of the fire is under investigation, but authorities do not suspect anything suspicious.

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