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7-year-old girl and 4-year-old boy perish in house fire along Smith Lane, Kingston

12 September 2026
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7-year-old girl and 4-year-old boy perish in house fire along Smith Lane, Kingston – IRIE FM

September 12, 2026

Written byShanice Gibbs

A house fire along Smith Lane in Downtown Kingston has claimed the lives of two children.

Police have identified them as seven-year-old Karcia Hutchinson and four-year-old Samson Cameron.

Head of the Kingston Central Police, Superintendent Mishka Forbes, noted that, according to initial reports, the children were home alone when the fire erupted.

Firefighters are now on the scene.

The cause of the blaze has not yet been determined.

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