When the fire took her husband, Nicholas Maino, 92, it looked like Joan Maino, 86, would make it. But she suffered extensive injuries and succumbed to her injuries Tuesday  morning according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office.

The fire started around 9pm on Monday, at their Atlantic Avenue home in the Allenwood section of Wall Township. Firefighters could be heard saying there were two people entrapped, and it appeared they were D.O.A., but quickly there were reports of the people exiting the building and everyone was out. It was with that news that we held out hope.

We knew there was at least one injury, ankle related, as could be heard on the radio calls, when medics arrived and they were asked to get as close to the house as possible, but no further updates were to come till today, when the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s office first confirmed the death of husband, Nicolas Maino, and later wife Joan Maino.