Dramatic footage shows the moment New Jersey firefighters rush through a third-story window to rescue a woman inside as an inferno ripped through the building Saturday.
The blaze raged in the downtown South Orange and stretched to at least a pair of mixed-use buildings as a plume of smoke streamed from the commercial-residential structures, the footage showed.
At one point, a woman on the top floor in one of the buildings could be seen leaning out the window, calling for help as a truck ladder was moved to reach her, according to video obtained by The Post.
“Like that person needs to get the f–k out of that building,” a witness could be heard saying.
The woman then closed the window, but firefighters minutes later opened it up again and went inside, video shows.
It’s unclear how the woman got out, but South Orange Mayor Sheena Collum said no injuries were reported and all firefighters had been accounted for.
A call to the South Essex Fire Department, which handled the fire, along with other assisting departments, was not immediately returned.
Other video clips shows firefighters breaking separate top-floor windows to vent smoke across the two buildings that housed businesses on the ground level.
Bystander Jeremy Kovacs, who captured the harrowing footage, told The Post that he was walking to get an iced coffee at the diner when he saw smoke and flames coming from the building’s roof.
“It was pretty crazy,” the 41-year-old South Orange local said. “I’ve never seen a fire like that.”
Other video from Jersey Shore Fire Response showed firefighters aim hoses at the top of the building as flames shot out of it.
Emergency crews closed the area to traffic for hours while they managed the fire that was out by the early evening.
The cause of the blaze is not yet determined.
