A 79-year-old Woodbury resident died after a fire broke out in the 19th century house on Route 32 where he had lived for 34 years, reports Times Herald-Record.
Clyde Magarelli, a retired professor who had taught sociology for five decades at William Paterson University, lived alone and was the only person in the house during the fire.
A fire official said at the scene that the fire initially was reported around 4:15 a.m. by passing drivers on the Thruway, which runs behind Magarelli’s house. McClennan said flames were shooting out of a second-story window when he arrived minutes later.
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