Ahh Damn, RIP Irving.
I just saw people doing work in there few weeks ago & now this had to happen. Soo sad.

Unfortunately he died from his injuries.

http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/20 ... y_fire_victim_who_re.html

Hopefully this guy is ok, I just drove past there & theres flowers on the door on WestSide AVe side & I think some on the Clendenny side also.

View Larger Map Jersey City man fighting for his life after going back into burning building to get wallet; burned over 40 percent of his body Saturday, November 13, 2010 By MICHAELANGELO CONTE JOURNAL STAFF WRITER A Jersey City man was fighting for his life last night after running into a burning building during a 2-alarm fire to get his wallet and being enveloped in flames when he opened his apartment door and oxygen rushed in to feed the blaze, officials said. Irving Butcher, the owner of the three-story brick building at 131 Clendenny Ave., remained in critical condition with burns over 40 percent of his body, officials said. Earlier yesterday, Butcher could not breath at all without a ventilator, but by last night he was breathing on his own and a ventilator was used only as an aid, said Jersey City Medical Center spokesman Mark Rabson. Witnesses said Butcher escaped from his residence during the 9:15 a.m. blaze, but then ran back into the building. Responding firefighters found him on the second floor staircase and tried to resuscitate him, but he was in full cardiac arrest when rushed to JCMC, where he was revived, said Jersey City Fire Director Armando Roman. The fire director credited Capt. John Melfa and Firefighters Greg Allen, Anthony Salerno, Alberto Enriquez and Jason Kane with Butcher's rescue. Rabson said Butcher's condition was too critical to move him, but he was being monitored electronically by doctors at the Burn Center at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston. The Burn Center also supplied medications and equipment for treatment, Rabson said. The first floor of the three-story building is a clothing store that Butcher has operated since his wife's death last year. Firefighters believe the blaze started in the kitchen of Butcher's second-floor apartment, Roman said. "Nothing is more valuable than your life," said Roman. "You go back and you are walking into a death trap of smoke and superheated air that damages your respiration system in one breath. You can't breath. You can't run. You collapse." Rabson said Butcher's brother and son were at the hospital last night.