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Long Branch Fire That Killed Two Adults, Two Children Was No Accident

Long Branch

Authorities have released the identities of the four people killed overnight in a fire that appears to have been set.

Monmouth County Prosecutor said fire is not considered an accident, victims pulled out of the fire sustained injuries from more than just the fire.

Crews responded to a Jolie Avenue home for a report of a fully engulfed home with people inside sometime around midnight.

The four that died inside were identified as Lyndon Beharry, 35; Amanda Morris, 29; and their two children, Brian, 4, and Brandon, 7.

Despite rescuers the family of four died.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation. However, prosecutor is not ruling out the potential of a homicide-suicide.

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