All Gone Up In Smoke
Jason Howard lost almost everything he owned in a few minutes yesterday.
The 28-year-old resident of Garden Land, Bank Hall, St Michael, said everything seemed fine when he left his rented home to buy some medicine for a cold but upon his return the house was engulfed in flames.
"I was sleeping then I got up to buy some multi-symptom because I wasn't feeling well, but by the time I came back I saw saw white smoke coming from my room at the back of the house," he said.
Howard said his brother-in-law whom he had left at home came through the door yelling for someone to call the fire department and the only thing they saved was a single bed before the three-bedroom, one-bathroom wall and timber house was destroyed.
Howard rented the house from Velsey Moore and lived with his sister Nefferti Howard, 30, and her three children: Davione Sealy, 12; Dominic Ash, nine, and Tyrese Layne, four, all of whom were at church when the fire started.
He said he did not know what they would do now as they had no place to go.
Parliamentary representative for St Michael West Michael Carrington, was on the scene and pledged to lend assistance to the family.
The fire also destroyed most of the equipment being stored in a small wrought iron
and fencing business located next door and owned by Christopher Montoute.
The heat of the fire was so intense it damaged another house across the road which was under repair for rental.
Three tenders, two from Probyn Street headquarters and one from Worthing station, and 11 fire officers, under the command of acting Deputy Chief Fire Officer, Eric Rice, responded to the 11:21 a.m. call. Investigations are continuing. (CA)
Source: www.nationnews.com
The 28-year-old resident of Garden Land, Bank Hall, St Michael, said everything seemed fine when he left his rented home to buy some medicine for a cold but upon his return the house was engulfed in flames.
"I was sleeping then I got up to buy some multi-symptom because I wasn't feeling well, but by the time I came back I saw saw white smoke coming from my room at the back of the house," he said.
Howard said his brother-in-law whom he had left at home came through the door yelling for someone to call the fire department and the only thing they saved was a single bed before the three-bedroom, one-bathroom wall and timber house was destroyed.
Howard rented the house from Velsey Moore and lived with his sister Nefferti Howard, 30, and her three children: Davione Sealy, 12; Dominic Ash, nine, and Tyrese Layne, four, all of whom were at church when the fire started.
He said he did not know what they would do now as they had no place to go.
Parliamentary representative for St Michael West Michael Carrington, was on the scene and pledged to lend assistance to the family.
The fire also destroyed most of the equipment being stored in a small wrought iron
and fencing business located next door and owned by Christopher Montoute.
The heat of the fire was so intense it damaged another house across the road which was under repair for rental.
Three tenders, two from Probyn Street headquarters and one from Worthing station, and 11 fire officers, under the command of acting Deputy Chief Fire Officer, Eric Rice, responded to the 11:21 a.m. call. Investigations are continuing. (CA)
Source: www.nationnews.com
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