WATCH: 27-y-o perishes in Manchester house fire

June 17, 2026

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MANCHESTER, Jamaica — A Manchester man perished in a house fire on Tuesday night on Bethel Street, Greenvale, near Mandeville.

The fire also left the man’s visually impaired 74-year-old grandfather homeless.

Relatives identified the deceased as Leonardo Brown, 27, otherwise called Joshua.

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