2 dead in Teaneck, NJ house fire deemed ‘suspicious’

🔥Firefighters broke a basement window to reach three trapped people

🔥The cause of the fire remains under investigation

🔥Gas canisters were found outside the house, according to reports

TEANECK — Two people who had been trapped in the basement during a house fire early Monday morning have died.

After fire broke out around 12:30 a.m. in a house on Palisades Avenue, firefighters rescued Ranjodh Singh IV, 35, Manjit Kaur, 47, and a woman who investigators have not yet identified, according to Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella.

The three burn victims were taken to Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston.

Firefighters broke a window to reach the trapped man and women, ABC 7 Eyewitness News reported.

Singh died on Monday and the unidentified woman died on Tuesday, according to Musella. He did not disclose the relationship between the three.

Fire deemed suspicious

Musella called the fire "suspicious" but did not disclose additional details, citing the ongoing investigation.

Neighbors told ABC 7 Eyewitness News they did not smell anything outside the house before the fire.

Gas canisters were found around the house, ABC 7 Eyewitness News reported. A sign was put on the door by firefighters that the home had no working smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, according to CBS New York.

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