KINGSTON, Jamaica — The police are confirming that a third person who was injured in the fire on Jacques Avenue, off Mountain View Avenue in Kingston 3, on October 16 succumbed to his injuries about 11:00 pm on Sunday.

He has been identified as 15-year-old Andrew Dennis of Jacques Road, Kingston.

Reports from the Mountain View police are that about 2:35 pm people were illegally filling compressed gas cylinders from a storage tank attached to the back of a motor truck.

It is reported that during the extraction process, one of the cylinders caught fire and subsequently exploded. The explosion resulted in five people being seriously injured and major damage to several properties.

Three units from the Fire Brigade responded and cauterised the blaze, preventing further injury or damage to property.

All five injured people were taken to hospital.

The other two who have succumbed to their injuries are 48-year-old Everett Austin and 14-year-old Sanjay Williams.

One of the other fire victims is still in hospital while the other was released.

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