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Residents and businesses are coming together to help the Kings, a Quakertown family who lost a father and two songs during a fire on Christmas Day.

Remembering notable Lehigh Valley figures who died in 2021.

Highway 17 had its fair share of slides early in the morning but Caltrans got those cleaned up fairly quickly.

The Quakertown community remembers Eric King and two of his sons, Liam and Patrick, who died in a Christmas Day blaze that officials say was ignited by lights on the family’s Christmas tree in their Essex Court home.

A GoFundMe campaign — which was set up to raise money to help a local family following a horrific Christmas morning fire has been shut down following insensitive comments from others.

According to the firefighters, the Christmas fire likely ignited near the Christmas tree when the lights were left on.

The fire was put under control an hour after it set the home ablaze but destroyed everything in its path, according to reports.

A father and his two sons have tragically died in a fire that broke out on Christmas Day morning. It is believed it was caused by their Christmas tree.

The deaths of a Quakertown father and his two young sons during a Christmas Day blaze that destroyed their home have been ruled accidental.

A father and his two school-age sons died on Christmas Day when their house caught fire, likely due to a combination of electrical issues and a dry Christmas tree, according