3-Year-Old Jerilynn Brown Dies in ‘Devastating’ House Fire Just Weeks After Beating Cancer
A Missouri family’s Fourth of July celebration turned into tragedy when 13-year-old Jerilynn Brown, newly recovered from cancer, died in a house fire sparked by leftover fireworks. Just two weeks earlier, Jerilynn had rung the victory bell at Children’s Mercy Hospital after beating osteosarcoma, a rare bone cancer. Her triumph brought hope to her family, who believed the worst was behind them. But on the morning of July 4, flames tore through her family’s farmhouse in Independence, Missouri. Fire officials…