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Police awaiting fire report after 12-year-old dies in Kingston blaze

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Leah Hugh

Superintendent Tommie-Lee Chambers, head of the Kingston Eastern Police

By Clinton McGregor     

The Kingston Eastern police say they are awaiting a report from the Jamaica Fire Brigade to determine the cause of Thursday's fire which claimed the life of 12-year-old Leah Hugh at her home in Rollington Town, St. Andrew.

Police say the fire occurred sometime before midday on Giltress Street.

Superintendent Tommie-Lee Chambers, head of the Kingston Eastern Police, said Leah's burnt body was found on a bed. 

The house and its contents were destroyed.