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Frantzia Fleury and her sister Pojanee died in a Thanksgiving house fire in Orange, N.J., authorities reportedly said

The sisters were trying to help their father, who has a disability, escape when the blaze broke out

Their father and six other people were uninjured, and the cause remains under investigation

Two sisters were killed while attempting to aid their father, who has a disability, during a Thanksgiving house fire in Orange, New Jersey, officials said.

Frantzia Fleury, 49, and her 42-year-old sister Pojanee Fleury were trying to assist their dad when a blaze broke out around 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 27, at a home on Mosswood Avenue, according to CBS News New York and News 12 .

They were pronounced dead shortly after, CBS reported, citing the Essex County Prosec

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