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Fire That Left 2 Children, 2 Men Dead Ruled Murder-Suicide Says Dauphin County Coroner
A fatal fire in Steelton was a murder-suicide, as stated by Dauphin County coroner Graham Hetrick during a press conference on Tuesday.
The fire happened at 441 South Front Street above Raja Market in Steelton on Friday around 6:15 a.m., as Daily Voice previously reported.
A grandfather Jafar Afshar, 67, committed suicide by using an accelerant to light his second story apartment on fire, burning his son and grandchildren alive, along with himself.
The son was Saeed Afshar, 36, died along with his two children, 5 and 8-years-olds.
The victims died of thermal burns and smoke inhalation.
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