NEW YORK — A mother has died after rushing back into her burning home in an attempt to rescue her 6-year-old daughter stuck inside who also ended up dying in the fire.
The incident occurred at approximately 12:30 a.m. on Saturday morning, according to ABC News’ New York City station WABC-TV, when flames began to envelop a single family home in Hazlet, New Jersey, that housed the Montanaro family.
William, Jackie and Elena were able to escape from the burning home but when the Montonaros realized that Madelyn was nowhere to be seen, both parents rushed back into the house in an attempt to save her from the burning building.“Jackie was a hero,” William Montonaro said in a statement obtained by WABC. “When I rushed back into the house for Madelyn I became enveloped with a massive amount of thick, hot black smoke.
“This township is like a family and when a neighbor is hurting, a family member is hurting,” Hazlet Deputy Mayor Peter Terranova told WABC in an interview following the tragedy. “We’ve been overwhelmed by the amount of support.”
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