Woman Dies in Millbrook Park House Fire

Willingboro Firefighters were called to 193 Millbrook Drive for a house fire at 8:52 am on Saturday, March 29th. While enroute to the scene the crew noticed a column of smoke in the sky and received reports from Willingboro Police that heavy smoke was coming from the house. Engines 1613 and 1632 arrived and reported a one story house with heavy smoke and fire at the front of the house. Upon sizing up the conditions Captain Ramsey requested "All Companies In Service".

Captain Ramsey assumed command of the incident as Firefighters Rydarowski and Baker entered the structure with a 2" hoseline and started to extinguish the fire. Engine 1632's crew started to ventilate and begin searching the house. Chief of Department Burnett arrived on scene and assumed Command and Captain Ramsey became the Operations Officer.

During the search of the house firefighters discovered an unconscious female. Upon finding the female, firefighters quickly removed her from the house. She was treated on the scene by Burlington City EMS and Virtua Paramedics. The female was transported to Lourdes Medical Center where unfortunately she later succumed to her injuries. No firefighters or other civilians were injured during the fire.

Several additional departments were added to the first alarm by Command to assist at the scene. The fire was placed under control by Chief Burnett in 28 minutes. Firefighters from Burlington City and Burlington Township were standing by at Willingboro Station 161 in case of any other emergencies in the township.

The fire is being investigated by the Willingboro Township Fire Official's Office with assistance from the Burlington County Fire Marshal, NJ State Fire Marshal's Office, and the Willingboro Police Department's Detective Bureau. Investigators remained on scene until 3:26 pm. Firefighters remained on scene until 5:06 pm assisting relatives of the homeowner.