Authorities ID Victim, Possible Cause Of Fatal Toms River Fire

A 76-year-old man was killed in a fire that broke out in a Toms River mobile home on Thursday, Feb. 16, authorities said.

Scene of the fire at Roberts Mobile Home Park on Route 9. (Ocean County Scanner News (OCSN))
Photo Credit: *Courtesy Ocean County Scanner News (OCSN)*

Jon Craig

02/18/2023 9:47 a.m.

The fire at the Roberts Road home that killed Billy Kimbrough was also ruled accidental, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said.

The fire originated on a mattress in the only bedroom of the home and that smoking could not be eliminated as the cause of the fire. A post mortem examination of the victim is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 18.

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