The two girls, ages 6 and 8, who died in an early Sunday morning house fire on Eckert Avenue in Newark were playing with fire near a couch, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office said. The blaze ignited during a birthday celebration for one of the girls,

The blaze ignited during a birthday celebration for one of the girls, the office said. Neighbors interviewed on Sunday afternoon described a chaotic scene after the fire broke out. Three families live in the house in the Weequahic section of the city,

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Two girls pulled from a burning house in Newark overnight were pronounced dead only hours after family had gathered to celebrate a birthday, officials and neighbors say. The Eckert Avenue home was engulfed in massive flames after midnight,