The man used the garage to work on vehicles, officials said.
ASBURY PARK -- A 56-year-old man who was severely burned in a Christmas Eve fire has died, police said.
Asbury Park firefighters responded to a fully-involved fire in a garage behind a home on Fourth Avenue around 10:35 a.m. on Dec. 24.
Robert Fourette, of Toms River, was found in the front yard with severe burns to his body, fire officials said at the time. He was rushed to the Burn Center at Saint Barnabas in Livingston where he died days after the incident.
City Fire Chief Kevin Keddy told the Asbury Park Press that the man used the garage to work on vehicles.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Firefighters contained the blaze to the garage, protecting the surrounding homes from damage.
The Christmas Eve blaze was one of the several fires the Asbury Park Fire Department responded to in the days leading up to Christmas. On Dec. 23 and 24, firefighters responded to dozens of serious medical emergencies, two fires in the city and assisted with efforts to battle a blaze in nearby Deal.
Keddy told NJ Advance Media that the Asbury Park Fire Department responded to 7,000 total calls in 2016 -- 5,000 EMS calls and 2,000 fire calls.
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