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Goshen House Fire Kills Single Father and His Two Autistic Sons

Authorities preliminarily attribute the blaze to an accident after finding the home completely engulfed

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Overview

  • The fire erupted around 8 p.m. on May 31 at a two-family home on Pulaski Highway in Goshen, New York.
  • Firefighters discovered 50-year-old Shane Munn unresponsive in the ground-floor unit and pronounced him dead at the scene.
  • Munn’s sons, ages 12 and 17, were rushed to Garnett Health Medical Center in Wallkill and died of their injuries later.
  • A mother and her two children who lived on the upper floor escaped unharmed after neighbors raised the alarm.
  • State Police and county fire investigators are probing the cause while neighbors have erected an impromptu memorial to mourn the family’s loss.