Is "eternal fire" in Jude 7 an allusion to 4 Maccabees 9:9?

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NIV Jude 1:

5Though you already know all this, I want to remind you that the Lordc
at one time delivered his people out of Egypt, but later destroyed
those who did not believe. 6And the angels who did not keep their
positions of authority but abandoned their proper dwelling—these he
has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on
the great Day. 7In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the
surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and
perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the
punishment of eternal fire.

LES 4 Maccabees 9:9 But you, because of the despotic murder of us, you
will endure, by divine justice, eternal torture by fire.”