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5 victims in fatal Mercer County fire identified

State police have identified the two adults and three children who died in a Sept. 19 fire at a home in Delaware Township in Mercer County.

Brian Morris, 43, of McGaheysville, Va., and Elizabeth Seltzer, 33, Jordan Seltzer, 1, Ainsley Seltzer, 3, and Paisley Seltzer, 6, all of Delaware Township, died in the fire at 601 District Road, police said.

No evidence of foul play has been discovered, police said. The Mercer County coroner’s office has not yet determined a cause of death for the victims.

A motorist called 911 at 12:18 a.m. that day and reported the home was fully engulfed in flames, police said. The victims were found at the home, police said.

Emergency crews from multiple departments responded to the fire, and state police, including fire marshals, responded to investigate the fire, police said.

The cause and origin of the fire have not yet been determined, police added.

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