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        Prosecutor: 2 found dead inside boat that caught fire in Newark

        Two boats were involved in the fire – one was severely damaged.

        Matt Trapani and Amanda Lee

        Feb 22, 2025, 3:18 AM

        Updated 10 hr ago

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        Two people were found dead inside a boat that caught fire in Newark Friday evening.
        Full details of the incident were not immediately available. The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office says that two women were found dead inside the boat that was parked in an alleyway near 20 Pennsy Place – which is located very close to Newark Liberty International Airport. The women were pronounced dead at University Hospital.
        The prosecutor also says that one man was injured in the fire. He was taken to Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston in stable condition.
        Two boats were involved in the fire – one was severely damaged.
        The identities of the victims were not provided.
        The cause of the fire was not immediately known.