Crime & Safety

Fire on Beatrice Drive in Stafford

Fire ruled "nonsuspicious," but cause yet to be determined.

Fire and other emergency personnel responded to a structure fire on Beatrice Drive early yesterday morning, police said.

Around 5:45 a.m., Stafford Township Police, along with Stafford Township Volunteer Fire Department, responded to the two-story home at 11 Beatrice Drive. The fire was extinguished and no injuries were reported, according to Stafford Police Department Spokesman Lt. Thomas Dellane.

Both the Ocean County Prosecutors Office and Ocean County Fire Marshall determined that the fire was "nonsuspicious," and the cause is undetermined pending further investigation and laboratory results, Dellane noted.

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