12-year-old perishes in St James house fire

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12-year-old perishes in St James house fire

Detectives assigned to the St James Police are probing the circumstances surrounding the death of a child as a result of a fire at her house in Salter’s Hill, Johns Hall on Monday. She has been identified as 12-year-old Hemecia Greenwood...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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