The Sparta NJ community has raised nearly $20,000 for the family of an Air Force veteran who died in a house fire last week.

Rescuers and family members tried to save the New Jersey veteran, but were pushed back by heavy flames and smoke.

A 78-year-old man was killed in a house fire in Sparta on the morning of Thursday, Oct. 10, authorities said. Wayne Pait, who ...

NJ – The victim of the house fire on Sawmill Road has been identified by the Sparta Police Department as Wayne Pait. The 78-year-old died in the fire on Thursday, October 10 that police are ...

Wayne Pait, who lived at the home, was identified as the victim, Sparta police said. First responders arrived at 132 Sawmill Road at 8:24 a.m. and found smoke billowing from the residence, Sparta ...

Heat from the flashlight may have ignited a small rug, and the fire spread to the rest of the furniture in a room while Wayne Pait slept, police said.Rescuers and family members tried to save Pait, ...

Tornadoes darted across eastern Nebraska and northwest Iowa on Oct. 4, 2013, with one twister leveling several commercial buildings in Wayne, Neb. The twister, with winds up to 170 mph ...