Just two weeks ago, 13-year-old Jerilynn Brown was celebrating the biggest victory of her life — she had beaten cancer.

But on July 4th, a tragic house fire sparked by leftover fireworks stole that hard-earned joy and took her life.

Battled bone cancer

The blaze broke out around 5:30 a.m. at the family’s farmhouse in rural Independence, Missouri, when smoldering fireworks debris ignited the back of the home. Continues…