Family Loses All To Fire

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A mother and her four children are now homeless following an early morning blaze that destroyed their home at Crest Road, Ellerton Housing Area, St George.

The fire which started at about 1 a.m. destroyed one of two adjoining units occupied by 34-year-old Tracy Belle, her one-year-old baby Jasara, Urijah, seven, Keshem, ten, and her 16-year-old daughter Kishee.

Belle said she was asleep when the fire started.

"My daughter woke me up but at first I thought she was making sport, but then after I started to see the smoke. I don't know what happened'.

Belle said because of how shocked she was, she just ran out the house with her children, leaving everything else behind.

"I lost everything, everything. My children are to go back to school on Tuesday and they lost their school clothes and everything," said Belle. (MM)

Source: www.nationnews.com


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Unknown said…
Excellent job with this fire guys, I also responded to this incident and I was very impressed with skill and level of empathy used by the entire fire team, keep up the good work.

Mr. Ashley John, Deputy Chairman St. George South District Emergency Organization - Chairman Projects & Programs St. George South Constituency Council.
April 18, 2010 at 2:02 AM
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