An elderly man has perished in a fire that destroyed a six-apartment house in Balaclava, St Elizabeth this morning.

He has been identified as 63-year-old Cleveland Brown.

The Constabulary Communication Network reports that Brown and four other persons were at home when they were awoken by smoke coming from a section of the house.

The Santa Cruz Fire Department was alerted and during cooling down operations, Brown’s body was found among the rubble.

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