New Jersey

Abandoned building, longtime day care, burns to ground in Camden

A three story building, that used to house the Broadway Family Center, on Line Street in Camden, New Jersey, collapsed in a fire early Monday

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First responders responded to a two-alarm fire at a former day care in Camden on Monday morning.

As firefighters worked to extinguish the fire, officials said, three-story building collapsed.

According to officials, fire crews responded to a fire along the 200 block of Line Street, at about 4 a.m. on Monday, to find the vacant building engulphed in flames.

The building, which for decades house the Broadway Family Center before it shuttered after filing for bankruptcy in 2018, collapsed as firefighters addressed the fire.

However, officials said, no one was injured in this incident as the building was abandoned.

An investigation into what may have sparked this incident, officials said, is ongoing.

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