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The bodies of the victims, who have not yet been publicly identified, were recovered from the burnt out home after the fiery blast rocked Tranquility Court early Sunday.
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The Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office said a criminal investigation is underway after an explosion and house fire in Washington Township killed two people.
The deaths of a man and a woman who died in a fiery explosion at a New Jersey home over the weekend have been ruled a murder-suicide.
The Gloucester County Medical Examiner said the man died by suicide as a result of the fire. He was not shot. The woman was found in a bedroom with a gunshot wound to the head that occurred prior to the fire, the prosecutor’s office said. Her death was ruled a homicide.
Neighborhood doorbell cameras captured the moment the South Jersey home suddenly exploded around 2 a.m., with the house completely engulfed in flames in just minutes as first responders raced to the scene.
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Officials ruled the deaths of a woman and man who were found inside a home following a fire in Washington Township, NJ, a murder-suicide.
The home's gas line had been tampered with, authorities said. A woman was shot in the head and a man died in the fire.