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Mar 29, 2012 News
A preliminary report into last week’s fire which left five persons homeless at Fifth
Avenue Bartica has revealed that it was electrical in origin.
This is according to Fire Chief, Marlon Gentle, who confirmed the findings to this publication yesterday. According to Gentle, information received suggests that one of the occupants of the building had some freezers under the building all of which were attached to a maze of electric wires.
It is believed that one of the faulty wires caused the fire which destroyed the two storey building.
On Monday morning last, the house which was occupied by Oswald Fisher, his wife and three children was completely gutted.
This publication was told that Fisher had only left last Monday for an interior location to conduct his business.
Fisher’s wife and their children were asleep in the upper flat of the building and were only aware that it was on fire after they began to experience breathing problems due to the smoke.
The woman and her children immediately fled the building.
Eyewitnesses claimed that they saw flames coming through the upper air-vents from the bottom flat.
Two loud explosions were also heard. This publication was told that within minutes, the entire building was burnt flat.
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