PARSIPPANY — Residents were displaced Wednesday night after a fire broke out in an apartment building at the Knoll Gardens Apartment Complex in the Lake Hiawatha section of Parsippany, according to the Parsippany Police Department.
Police said officers responded at approximately 8:10 p.m. on Wednesday, May 20, after the Montville Police Department’s communications center received a 911 call reporting a structure fire at Building 46 of the complex.
When officers arrived, they learned there was an active fire in the building’s crawl space. Maintenance personnel and responding officers safely evacuated residents from the building while firefighters worked to extinguish the blaze.
Authorities said responding fire crews brought the fire under control. However, the building was later deemed uninhabitable due to damage and the disconnection of utilities.
The American Red Cross was contacted to assist displaced residents.
All six Parsippany fire districts responded to the scene, along with Parsippany Rescue and Recovery, Par-Troy EMS, and both Parsippany volunteer EMS squads. Mutual aid assistance was provided by the Boonton, Whippany, Denville, Montville, and Morris Plains fire departments.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Parsippany Police Department at (973) 263-4300.
