Humpty Doo house fire: Jack Neal identified as fatal fire victim

Close friends have paid tribute to the 22-year-old man who died in a fire at a Humpty Doo property earlier this month.

LOVED ones of a young man killed in a fatal house fire in Humpty Doo are remembering him as an “amazing friend and partner”.

Jack Neal (22) died at a donga on a property in Cattledog Crt on March 9.

Investigations into the incident remain ongoing.

Close friend Dexton Simic said he was mourning a friend who was more like family.

“He knew me inside and out — he truly was my brother, not blood related though,” Mr Simic said.

“He is the only person that could make me smile while driving me up the wall at the same time.”

NT Body Building competition. Humpty Doo boy, Jack Neal in the Teen Division.

Jack Neal. Picture: Supplied

Mr Simic said he had been friends with Mr Neal for about seven years and remained close.

“Jack was taken from us so suddenly, but he would want us to remember him and laugh, live the life that was denied to him and make him proud,” he said.

Mr Simic said the last message Jack sent to him said: “Brothers for life cause love doesn’t die when we do — I’ll love you even after I’m dead.”

He said his thoughts were with Jack’s family, especially his sister who “held a special place in his heart”.

“I send my sincere condolences to his family, friends and loved ones,” he said.

Jack’s partner Sehvan Joseph Mick-Browne said he was heartbroken to lose Jack.

“My heart is smashed into pieces from this nasty world that denied you to stay with me,” he wrote on social media.

“Sadly taken from us too soon.”

Originally published as Humpty Doo house fire: Jack Neal identified as fatal fire victim