Shawntay Young was a teenager from Jamaica who died in the Bronx Fire that took the lives of 12 people in December of 2017. ^{[undefined] [undefined]}

Young was born in Jamaica and grew up in Spanish Town. ^[undefined] By the time she was a teenager, she moved to live in New York City with her aunt, Karen Stewart-Francis. ^[undefined] She lived on the 5th floor of 2363 Prospect Avenue in Belmont, Bronx. She was part of a Jamaican family that had about 13 family members living inside of the apartment building. ^[undefined]

On Thursday evening, December 28th, 2017, a fire was started by a three year old child inside of one of the apartments who played with the burners on the stove.

As the mother of the child rushed to save him from the fire, she exited the apartment, and the fire took over the stairwell and other parts of the

apartment building.

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Dozens of people became trapped inside of the apartment complex building which allowed everyone to push towards the fire escape railings.

When the Firefighters arrived, as many as 2 dozen people stood by the fire escape attempting to leave the apartment.

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Young, her little cousins, Kylie Francis and Kelly Francis, and her auntie, Karen Stewart-Francis - all died in the fire.

They were all trapped inside of their apartment during the fire and could not be saved.

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