Jersey City spokeswoman Kimberly Wallace-Scalcione said that closing the alley was “based on expert guidance as it would be dangerous to allow residents on an active construction site.

Two vacant homes were destroyed and multiple firefighters were injured after a fire erupted overnight in Jersey City, New Jersey.

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey (WABC) -- A raging house fire in Jersey City left a woman seriously injured and several other people hurt. The fire broke out around 4:30 a.m. Thursday at the rear of a ...