TRIBUTES POUR IN FOR LACKAGH JOCKEY KILLED IN ENGLAND FIRE

Date Published: 06-Sep-2009

Tributes are being paid to a young jockey from Lackagh who was killed in a fire in England yesterday. [5/9]The family of apprentice jockey, 18 year old, Jamie Kyne from Kiltrogue, say they're "devastated and shocked" and are awaiting confirmation that he is one of two people killed in a blaze at an apartment block in North Yorkshire.A young woman, also believed to be an apprentice jockey is also thought to have died in the fire.Police haven't yet confirmed their identities, but the teenagers have been missing since the inferno gutted the block of flats early yesterday morning.Two more people in the block - also believed to be apprentice jockeys - were taken to hospital to be treated for burns and smoke inhalation.Ballyglunin native, John Fahy, is also a jockey in England.He grew up with Jamie Kyne as says he was always willing to offer a lending hand.