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Three children have died as a result of a house fire in Walkerwood, St Ann on early Sunday morning.
Preliminary reports are that an elderly woman and a child survived the blaze.
While the details are still unclear, it is understood that the woman woke up to fire coming from a room that was occupied by the three victims, who are said to have been her grandchildren.
Firefighters and the police are currently at the scene conducting investigations.
The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) is reporting that there was no electricity at the house where the three children perished in the fire.
The house was being lit by lamps, according to the children’s grandmother who survived the fire, along with another child.
The deceased children a boy and two girls, were between the ages of two and seven years, and were all siblings.
They have been identified as seven-year-old Tashawna Mattis, four-year-old Tashawnie Mattis, and two-year-old Tavarno Mattis.
Commissioner of the JFB, Stewart Beckford, said the fire occurred at about 2:24 am on Sunday, and the remains of the three children were found after cooling down operations.
“On arrival, the Ocho Rios fire department found the house fully engulfed in flames. Firefighters swiftly got into operation to combat the blaze,” Beckford told reporters.
He said the house was occupied by two adults and four children, but at the time of the fire, only the grandmother and the children were present.
“The grandmother reported that the house had no electricity, and was being lit by lamps. She stated that she awoke during the night to find the room where the children were sleeping engulfed in flames,” Beckford reported.
The children’s mother, we were told, was not at home at the time of the fire.