Overview

• The fire erupted after 8 p.m. Saturday at a two-family home on Pulaski Highway, engulfing the ground-floor apartment where the Munn family lived.
• Shane Munn, 40, and his two sons, ages 12 and 17, who were nonverbal and had autism, were found dead inside; a mother and her two children upstairs escaped unharmed.
• Neighbors reported seeing emergency responders perform CPR on Munn at the scene before he was declared dead.
• Friends and neighbors described Munn as a devoted single father who cared deeply for his children with autism.
• Investigators have launched an inquiry into the blaze’s origin but have not yet determined what caused the fire.