Officials in Burlington Township, New Jersey, are investigating after a mother and son died in a fire at an apartment complex early Thursday.
According to law enforcement officials that firefighting crews were dispatched at about 3 a.m. to a fire at a property along the 2000 block of the Burlington Bypass in Burlington Township after a report of a fire.
Officials said that responding officers saw heavy smoke pouring from one of the apartments in the Northgate Apartment complex, but were not able to enter the property until firefighters arrived.
Once the fire had been brought partially under control, firefighters were able to pull two victims out.
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However, officials said both of the individuals who were pulled from the apartment were dead.
On Thursday afternoon, police officials identified the pair as Sandra Stevenson, 62, of Burlington Township and her 28-year-old son, Eric Stevenson, also from Burlington Township.
Law enforcement officials have not detailed how these individuals died or what may have caused the fire.
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However, officials said that an investigation into the fire is underway.
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