One person was killed and three more residents injured when a fire broke out early Thursday morning in a Jersey City apartment building.

The deceased victim was identified only as a man in his 40s, WABC reported. A woman, also in her 40s, and two children under 10 years old were hospitalized.

Four firefighters were injured while battling the blaze, according to News 12 New Jersey. Three were treated for burn injuries while one suffered from smoke inhalation.

The fire erupted around 3:30 a.m. in a mixed-use building that includes a laundromat on the bottom floor and apartments above it, WPIX reported. The building sits at the corner of Summit Ave. and Mercer St., about 3 miles west of Manhattan.

Investigators said the fire appeared to start in the kitchen of a second-floor apartment, according to WABC. Cops said it was not considered suspicious.

The Red Cross said it will help 18 residents from six units find temporary housing while the building is repaired, WNBC reported.

Thursday morning’s blaze was the second deadly fire in Jersey City in the past two months. Terrance Culbreath, 53, was killed in a March 11 fire that ripped through his apartment on Van Nostrand Ave. No other injuries were reported in the afternoon blaze.

That fire was also not considered suspicious, and investigators said it also started in the kitchen of Culbreath’s second-floor unit.

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