{"id":30504,"date":"2025-07-11T00:29:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T00:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=30504"},"modified":"2025-07-11T00:29:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T00:29:49","slug":"13-year-old-jerilynn-brown-dies-in-devastating-house-fire-just-weeks-after-beating-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=30504","title":{"rendered":"13-Year-Old Jerilynn Brown Dies in ‘Devastating’ House Fire Just Weeks After Beating Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A holiday morning turned fatal for a Missouri girl who had recently returned home after beating a difficult disease, as a blaze linked to fireworks tore through her family’s farmhouse.<\/p>\n

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Just two weeks after leaving the hospital following her recovery from bone cancer, 13-year-old Jerilynn Brown of Independence, Missouri, was killed on July 4, 2025, in a house fire that injured two other people and destroyed the property. Days later, officials confirmed that one of the injured victims had also died. Authorities believe smoldering fireworks used the night before likely started the blaze.<\/p>\n

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Jerilynn Brown at the hospital where she was being treated for cancer, from a news report dated July 4, 2025 | Source: Youtube\/FOX4 News Kansas City<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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At approximately 5 a.m. on July 4, emergency crews from the Independence Fire Department responded to a report of\u00a0a house fire<\/u><\/a>\u00a0at 1101 North Lake City Valley Road, near East Bundschu Road in Buckner, located in Jackson County.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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When firefighters arrived, the farmhouse was already consumed by heavy flames. Officials launched what they\u00a0described<\/u><\/a>\u00a0as an “aggressive attack” to control the blaze, but sadly, Jerilynn was found deceased inside the home.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Two other people were hospitalized with serious injuries \u2014 Jerilynn’s mother, Liz Stephens, and a man who has not been publicly named. The man\u00a0later died<\/u><\/a>\u00a0from his injuries on Sunday, as confirmed by the Missouri Department of Public Safety.<\/p>\n

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Liz remains in the hospital with life-threatening injuries. Additionally, a firefighter\u00a0sustained injuries<\/u><\/a>\u00a0while responding to the emergency, according to Jerry Brown, Jerilynn’s father.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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