A massive fire at two vacant homes overnight in Jersey City, New Jersey, left several firefighters injured and neighbors homeless, officials said. Hot spots were still burning Thursday morning, hours after the three-alarm fire erupted and sent six firefighters to the hospital,

Flames erupted in a three-story building in Jersey City overnight, quickly spreading to a next-door building and injuring a half-dozen of the firefighters who responded to the scene, authorities say.

Eight firefighters were injured battling a blaze in Jersey City early Thursday morning, July 10, authorities said. At 1:32 a.m., Jersey City firefighters responded to 319 4th St. and found a fully involved fire within two vacant buildings at 319 and 321 4th St.