Father dies more than week after NJ fire that killed 2 daughters on Thanksgiving: GoFundMe

Tuesday, December 9, 2025
ORANGE, New Jersey (WABC) -- The father whose two daughters were killed while trying to save him from a house fire in Orange, New Jersey on Thanksgiving has died, according to a GoFundMe for the family.

Frantz Fleury died in the hospital over the weekend.

Fleury's two daughters, Frantzia, 49, and Pojanee, 42, were killed back on Thanksgiving after flames broke out around 5 p.m. at the home on Mosswood Avenue.

His two daughters initially made it out safely, but got trapped after they ran back into the home to rescue Fleury, who was in a wheelchair and had dementia.

Several people escaped from the home, but Fleury and his daughters, ultimately, did not survive.



A funeral service this weekend will honor all three victims.



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