WATCH: One person feared dead in Gallery Apartments fire in New Kingston
A firefighter is pictured on the second floor of the Gallery Apartments building after a blaze at the complex on Thursday, October 9, 2025. (Photo: Ramon Thompson)
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October 9, 2025

WATCH: One person feared dead in Gallery Apartments fire in New Kingston

KINGSTON, Jamaica – One person is feared dead after a fire incident at the Gallery Apartments on Oxford Road in New Kingston on Thursday morning.

It is understood that a major fire broke out at the apartments at the apartment complex, located across the road from Emancipation Park, sometime after 3am.

The cause of the fire has not yet been ascertained.

It’s believed that a man perished in the fire.

Firefighters and police personnel are presently at the scene.

Observer Online will have more information on this developing story as it becomes available.

Curious onlookers outside the Gallery Apartments on Oxford Road where a fire broke out on Thursday, October 9, 2025. (Photo: Ramon Thompson)

A Tranquility Funeral Home vehicle outside the Gallery Apartments on Oxford Road where a fire broke out on Thursday, October 9, 2025. (Photo: Ramon Thompson)

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