UPDATE, July 4, 12:15 p.m. | Jerry Brown says his daughter, 13-year-old Jerilynn Brown was the girl who died in the fire. She also beat bone cancer in June of 2020. Her mother Liz Stephens, and her mother’s boyfriend remain in the hospital.
UPDATE, July 4, 11:35 a.m. | Independence officials confirm a 13-year-old girl died in the fire. Her mother is in the hospital, along with another person injured in the blaze. The firefighter injured was treated and released from an area hospital.
One person died, and two other civilians were injured, along with a firefighter in an overnight eastern Independence fire…