Three-year-old killed in St Mary blaze, firefighter dad hospitalised
Published:Monday | April 27, 2020 | 10:45 AM
The Port Maria Police in St Mary are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of three-year-old Kadjahni Falconer and the injuring of his father in Mason Hall.
According to the police, information gathered so far is that about 12:30 Saturday afternoon the child got trapped in a fire that had engulfed a board building near his home, where he was allegedly playing with other children.
The police further say that the child’s father, who is a firefighter, was injured when he entered the building to rescue him.
Both were transported to hospital where the child was pronounced dead and his father admitted.
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