We're learning more about the cause of a fire that killed four members of a New Jersey family in Lacey Township, Ocean County, on Tuesday. As CSloanTV reports, fire officials are calling it accidental.
-- We're learning more about the cause of a fire that killed four members of a New Jersey family in Lacey Township on Tuesday.
Investigators say the likely cause of the fire is an improperly discarded cigarette on the front porch. The fire has been ruled accidental. Neighbors say Alaina and Jennifer's sister -- the mother of the teen who died -- had just gone to the store with her younger child only to return to this horror.
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