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NJ police officers catch man jumping off balcony to escape burning home

The fire, caused by failing lithium-ion batteries, killed a 92-year-old woman and hospitalized two others, while police rescued a man jumping from a second-story balcony.

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The three officers caught the man after he jumped off a second-story balcony to escape the flames.

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Images of body cameras of rescuers who took part in taking people out of a burning house show a new angle of the investigation. In the emergency, registered on February 13 at a Yeoman Road house in Stafford Township, New Jersey, a 92-year-old woman perished. The images show officers running towards the burning structure when a trapped person wanted to jump from the second level to flee the disaster. They were dramatic moments when the jump was g…

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NBC Philadelphia broke the news in Philadelphia, United States on Friday, February 20, 2026.
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