The 4 people killed in a Manchester fire have been identified
The two adults and two juveniles who died Monday morning in an apartment fire in Manchester, New Hampshire, have been identified, according to the New Hampshire State Fire Marshal’s Office.
The victims were Joshua Harrison, 33, Ailene Moody, 39, Joshua Harrison, 10, and Jay Michael Garon, 8, all of Manchester, according to the fire marshal’s office. The medical examiner’s office has classified the cause of all four deaths as smoke inhalation, fire officials said.
The two children were stepbrothers who both participated in the Roca Kidz Club only three blocks from their apartment, the New Hampshire Union Leader reports. The after-school center is now acting as a grieving center for those in mourning.
“They were the type of kids, you always knew when they were coming down the street because they would yell out to you when they saw you,” Lisa Duda, one of the volunteers who manages the program, told the Union Leader.
The center’s co-manager Jamie Wintle told the Union Leader the two boys “were larger than life, with big personalities… Any time the doors were open, they were here.”
Fire officials said they are still looking into how the blaze was sparked, and that “there is no evidence of an ongoing public safety concern.”
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