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Deadly Lehigh County fire not suspicious: Police

An apartment fire in Emmaus, Lehigh County, Sunday killed four people.
An apartment fire in Emmaus, Lehigh County, on Sunday killed four people.

An apartment fire that killed four people in Emmaus, Lehigh County, on Sunday was not a case of arson, according to authorities.

Emmaus Police Department has determined there was no criminal activity in the deadly fire, The Express-Times of Easton reports.

Killed in the blaze were Montana Twining, 16, and his 48-year-old mother, Melissa A. Twining, Lena Marie Adamo, 56, and David Jenkins, 65, the paper reports.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation by multiple agencies, including the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.


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