1GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, NJ – Thick smoke and flames tore through the Autumn Ridge Apartments early Saturday morning, sending residents fleeing into the cold night air.

The blaze erupted just after 2 a.m., quickly consuming part of the complex’s “C” Building on Little Gloucester Road.

By dawn, more than 100 residents had been displaced as firefighters battled the inferno for hours before declaring it under control around 6 a.m.

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Fire broke out at Autumn Ridge Apartments around 2:14 a.m. Saturday

Five people injured, including one firefighter; one victim remains in critical condition

Over 100 residents displaced, receiving aid from OEM and the Red Cross

Firefighters battle through night to contain flames

Responding officers and firefighters arrived to find heavy smoke pourin

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