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‘Heartbreaking:’ Support Surges For Family Of Girl, Baby Brother Who Died In Jersey City Fire ‘Heartbreaking:’ Support Surges For Family Of Girl, Baby Brother Who Died In Jersey City Fire
‘Heartbreaking:’ Support Surges For Family Of Girl, Baby Brother Who Died In Jersey City Fire Support is surging for the family of an 11-year-old girl and her 8-month-old baby brother who died in a Jersey City fire Thursday morning. Desire Reid tried to rescue her 8-month-old baby brother, Keyon Robinson, from an upstairs bedroom of the blaze, which broke out at 470 Martin Luther King Drive around 11:30 p.m., authorities said. The childrens’ mother and a six-year-old boy were able to evacuate before firefighters arrived. Reid and Robinson, however, were pronounced dead. “Yesterday we had a terrible tragedy in #JerseyCity where 2 young children passed away in a fire,” Mayor Steven F…

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by Valerie Musson
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DOUBLE FATAL: Girl, 11, Dies Trying To Rescue 8-Month-Old Baby Brother From Jersey City Fire DOUBLE FATAL: Girl, 11, Dies Trying To Rescue 8-Month-Old Baby Brother From Jersey City Fire
Double Fatal: Girl, 11, Dies Trying To Rescue 8-Month-Old Baby Brother From Jersey City Fire An 11-year-old girl and her 8-month-old baby brother died when she went in to try to rescue him from a fire that broke out at their Jersey City home Wednesday evening, authorities said. The blaze broke out at 470 Martin Luther King Drive — a two-story attached home — around 11:30 p.m., city and county officials said. The child on the first floor apparently attempted to save the infant sleeping upstairs, Wallace-Scalcione said. Arriving firefighters found both the baby and girl at the scene. The girl was pronounced dead and the baby was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounce…

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by Valerie Musson