16-year-old Dies in Tragic Midland Park House Fire

Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said 16-year-old Alexander Lopez-Pena was killed in a house fire in Midland Park on Thursday. Other people in the house were taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood for treatment of unknown injuries.

The body of Lopez-Pena was found on the first floor of the house on Franklin Avenue.

16-year-old Dies in Tragic Midland Park House Fire
16-year-old Dies in Tragic Midland Park House Fire

The Major Crimes Unit of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and the Midland Park Police Department looked into Lopez-death Pena and found that it was not the result of a crime, the Prosecutor’s Office said in a press release on Friday.

On Thursday around 6:32 p.m., police and firefighters from Midland Park and the surrounding area were called to the fire scene. The teen’s body was found as firefighters worked to put out the fire.

The investigation was helped by the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office and the American Red Cross.

This article was originally published on NorthJersey.com.