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$16K Raised After Family Killed In Ocean County Fire

More than $16,000 had been raised as of Thursday, Aug. 3 for those grieving the loss of four people including two children killed in a Lacey Township house fire this week.

Support is surging for an Ocean County family killed in a fire earlier this week.

Support is surging for an Ocean County family killed in a fire earlier this week.

Photo Credit: GoFundMe photo

John Mulligan, an uncle of 14-year-old Angel Allan, one of those killed in the fire on Tuesday, Aug. 1, organized one GoFundMe for the family A second campaign was launched to aid Daniel Wright, the brother of two of the victims.

Angel's mother, Melanie, and sister, Hailey, were running errands when the home caught fire, according to Mulligan of Berkeley Township. Also killed were Angel's aunts, Jennifer Wright, 39, and Alaina Wright, 34, and Alaina's four-month-old son, River.

"Not only were their home and belongings taken away, but the most beautiful, intelligent, loving and artistic daughter and sister were taken from them," Mulligan wrote on the page. "Being a part of their loving family, we would like to make this tragic experience as painless as possible for them."

"Every single person in the Post Office where we work is devastated for Danny and his family," Marie Howard of Stafford wrote on the page. "We want to help them: they deserve our help. They don't deserve this unspeakable loss."

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