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Second sibling dies following Spanish Town blaze
Courtney Dailey
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April 17, 2026

Second sibling dies following Spanish Town blaze

ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — As loved ones prepared to host a memorial for a 14-year-old victim of a house fire in Spanish Town Friday night, they were greeted with the news that her brother has also passed from injuries he received in the same blaze, Observer Online understands.

Twenty-five-year-old Courtney Dailey passed away on Friday, a week after the April 10  blaze at 12 St John’s Garden that took the life of his sister 14-year-old Gabriella Wright.

Their mother, Suzette Campbell, had told the Jamaica Observer that she was returning home around 5:00 pm when she noticed thick smoke in the area.

“I see a lot of smoke and I say, ‘Where is that smoke coming from?’ and they say over next door. I say mi haffi go look part a weh dis, and mi reach. Same time mi see mi son run come through the fire,” she said.

She shared that her son had barely escaped, wearing nothing but his underwear.

READ: Mother loses daughter, son critically injured in Spanish Town house fire

The mother had made a public appeal for help, sharing concerns that the specialised care he needed was not available locally.

At the time, Stephen Josephs from the Burn Foundation of Jamaica had confirmed that efforts are underway to secure overseas medical assistance for Dailey.The tragedy marks another death for Campbell, who reportedly lost another son to a shooting several years ago.

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