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Four-year-old caused Meadowbrook fire – Fire Chief

Sep 27, 2011 News

 

Fire Chief Marlon Gentle has reported that the fire which gutted a house in Meadowbrook on Tuesday last was started by a four-year-old child.
In an invited comment, yesterday, Gentle said their findings revealed that the child who was left unattended by his mother was playing with matches and may have dropped it on a bed. On Tuesday last, some time around 14:30 hours fire was spotted coming from the upper flat of the two storied concrete building.
This publication was told that the child’s mother was in the lower flat of the house while her son was in the upper flat unattended. According to report the child ran downstairs to his mother saying that there was fire in a bedroom, located in the upper flat.
Persons in the area told this publication that the woman then raised an alarm, making persons in the area aware of what was going on. The fire service was alerted but most of the upper flat of the building and its contents were destroyed.
This publication was told that several persons were occupying the building at the time.
Once again the Fire Service is calling on parents and guardians to always ensure that children are properly supervised since a large percentage of fires locally is caused by children who are left unattended.

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