{"id":6071,"date":"2017-08-10T19:13:48","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T19:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=6071"},"modified":"2017-08-10T19:24:25","modified_gmt":"2017-08-10T19:24:25","slug":"12-year-old-boy-succumbs-to-burn-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/12-year-old-boy-succumbs-to-burn-injuries\/","title":{"rendered":"12-year-old boy succumbs to burn injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The young boy who suffered burns to 68 per cent of his body during a fire at his home has died.<\/p>

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Family members confirmed the sad news.<\/p>\n

The 12-year-old Roosevelt Browne succumbed to his injuries this morning at the Mount St John\u2019s Medical Centre.<\/p>

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He was burned in a fire that also destroyed his Ottos home.<\/p>

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Browne was rescued from the burning house but did not survive despite the efforts of officials at the hospital.<\/p>\n