A young boy was killed and more than a dozen people were hurt in an apartment fire in New Jersey on Thursday, according to the Ewing Township Police Department. First responders were dispatched to Cambridge Hall apartment complex located at 860 Lower Ferry Road in Ewing, Mercer County, after several 911 calls around 3 p.m. on Jan. 2, police said. Léelo en español aquí The witnesses who called 911 told the dispatchers that they saw heavy smoke and flames coming from the front of the building, police explained. When officers got to the 2 alarm fire at the apartment complex, they were told that a young person was trapped on the fourth floor, officials said. The building was evacuated as officers tried to get to the apartment on the fourth floor where the fire started. All three Ewing Fire Departments were eventually able to get to the apartment where they found and rescued a 6-year-old boy who was unresponsive, according to officials. The child was taken to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead. Neighboring fire departments arrived to assist with the fire and rescues. Officials reported that 13 police officers, 1 firefighter and 3 residents were among the victims who were taken to nearby hospitals to be treated for minor burns, smoke inhalation and exhaustion. “When I saw all the fire trucks and cops cars and everything blocked off the streets, I knew something was going on,” Joey Cvoliga, who witnessed the incident, said. Cell phone video showed flames and smoke coming out of a fifth floor window. Fire and smoke coming out of apartment window in Ewing, NJ, on Jan. 2 “Black smoke started billowing out and then they started breaking all the windows I guess. But seemed like there was a lot of panic trying to get people off the fourth floor,” the person who shared the video with NBC10 said. As the evening went on, NBC10 crews saw investigators focused for hours in what appeared to be a bedroom. The American Red Cross told NBC10 that they are helping 16 people from 12 units who were impacted by the fire. It is not clear how this fire started, but it is not thought to be suspicious. The fire is under investigation by the Ewing Police Department and the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office. If you have any information, please contact Ewing Police Detective David Hartmann at 609-882-1313 extension 7544. This is a developing story. Check back here for updates. This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.