12-year-old perishes in house fire in St James

Detectives assigned to the St James Police are probing the circumstances surrounding the death of a 12-year-old who died 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.

Reports from the Spring Mount Police are that about 2:00 p.m., a relative who was as at home with Hemecia reportedly saw smoke coming from the house and alerted the police.

The Montego Bay Fire Department was also contacted.

When cooling down operations subsided, Hemecia’s charred remains was seen among debris.

The scene was processed and the body removed to the morgue.

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