Child trapped in house fire jumps into arms of NJ officer
ASBURY PARK, N.J. - A devastating blaze engulfed a home in Asbury Park last week, but the heroic actions of local police officers kept a child safe.
What we know:
Emergency crews responded to a house fire on the 500 block of Prospect Avenue on Monday morning.
They arrived to find flames erupting from the home as black smoke billowed above.
Bodycam video shows police officers running to the back of the house to find a child trapped on the second floor, desperately yelling for him to jump.
The boy leaped to safety from the window into one of the officer's arms.
What we don't know:
Officials did not release the boy's condition, but no injuries were reported.
The cause of the fire has also yet to be released.
Dig deeper:
Officials say this is the second child rescued from a house fire in Asbury Park in just over a year.
The Source: Information from this article was sourced from Asbury Park Professional Firefighters Local 384.