New Jersey House Explosion Hospitalizes 5 People, Police Say

The house at 53 Banker Road located in the Upper Greenwood Lake neighborhood of West Milford, N.J., in July 2011. Google Maps/Screenshot via The Epoch Times

WEST MILFORD, N.J.—Five people were transported to hospitals after an explosion at a New Jersey home on Friday night, police said.

The house in West Milford was heavily damaged by the explosion around 9 p.m., the West Milford Police Department said in a statement.