Fire Bug Strikes Again
The fire bug continues to stalk Barbados.
A family of five lost everything they owned after their home was extensively damaged by fire this afternoon.
Deann Moseley, 25, said she left home in South District, St George, to take a shower at her stepmother’s home in Mapp Hill, St George when she was told her father’s house was burning.
“As soon as I started to bathe my stepsister told me the house was on fire. I told her that couldn’t be true because I didn’t leave anything on the stove and there was nothing to burn but before we could even leave my stepmother’s house, my house was flat,” she said.
A tearful Moseley said neither her father, Michael, 60, nor her three children were home at the time. She said she was unsure whether the house was insured.
Station Officer Evans Morris said a nearby abandoned house was destroyed and a vehicle damaged by the blaze. He said three tenders and ten fire officers responded to the 12 p.m fire. Personnel from Barbados Light & Power and the Roving Response team also responded.
One tender had to be diverted to a grass fire in Ellerton, where fire officers were forced to allow a more than 20 acre field to burn out in fear of someone re-igniting the field should they extinguish the fire and leave. It was also a water saving measure.
Residents told the NATION that the fire started in a small area and a bare-backed man was seen riding away on a bicycle. There were also fires spotted today in Waterford Bottom and the Belle.
On Wednesday, fire fighters were also stretched as they responded to house fires in Wildey and New Orleans and a grass fire in Waterford Bottom, St Michael.
In Wildey, two fire tenders one from the Worthing fire department and one from the Probyn Street headquarters responded to the blaze which gutted what appeared to be a one bedroom dwelling.
A neighbouring complex which houses four businesses was also affected by the blaze. Stephen Rayside, owner of Ray’s Enterprise, the business which was most affected, said he was inside when he heard there was a fire next door.
“One of the guys who work with me said he saw fire coming through the window so I came and told him to call the fire service. I am estimating this damage to be about $5000,” said Rayside. (CA/MM)
Source: www.nationnews.com
A family of five lost everything they owned after their home was extensively damaged by fire this afternoon.
Deann Moseley, 25, said she left home in South District, St George, to take a shower at her stepmother’s home in Mapp Hill, St George when she was told her father’s house was burning.
“As soon as I started to bathe my stepsister told me the house was on fire. I told her that couldn’t be true because I didn’t leave anything on the stove and there was nothing to burn but before we could even leave my stepmother’s house, my house was flat,” she said.
A tearful Moseley said neither her father, Michael, 60, nor her three children were home at the time. She said she was unsure whether the house was insured.
Station Officer Evans Morris said a nearby abandoned house was destroyed and a vehicle damaged by the blaze. He said three tenders and ten fire officers responded to the 12 p.m fire. Personnel from Barbados Light & Power and the Roving Response team also responded.
One tender had to be diverted to a grass fire in Ellerton, where fire officers were forced to allow a more than 20 acre field to burn out in fear of someone re-igniting the field should they extinguish the fire and leave. It was also a water saving measure.
Residents told the NATION that the fire started in a small area and a bare-backed man was seen riding away on a bicycle. There were also fires spotted today in Waterford Bottom and the Belle.
On Wednesday, fire fighters were also stretched as they responded to house fires in Wildey and New Orleans and a grass fire in Waterford Bottom, St Michael.
In Wildey, two fire tenders one from the Worthing fire department and one from the Probyn Street headquarters responded to the blaze which gutted what appeared to be a one bedroom dwelling.
A neighbouring complex which houses four businesses was also affected by the blaze. Stephen Rayside, owner of Ray’s Enterprise, the business which was most affected, said he was inside when he heard there was a fire next door.
“One of the guys who work with me said he saw fire coming through the window so I came and told him to call the fire service. I am estimating this damage to be about $5000,” said Rayside. (CA/MM)
Source: www.nationnews.com
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