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Jun 29, 2012 News
A faulty kerosene stove has been cited as the cause for Wednesday evening’s fire at Old Road, Soesdyke, which claimed the life of 68 year-old Kunti Singh.
This is according to Fire Chief Marlon Gentle who said that their investigation found that the woman was cooking at the time when tragedy struck.
This publication was told that uncooked food was also found in a section of the house where the fire started.
According to reports, the fire started at around 19:00 hours in the one-flat house which the woman occupied. The dead woman was a newspaper vendor who operated at the Soesdyke junction.
Neighbours told this publication that seconds before the fire was spotted a loud explosion had been heard at the woman’s house. “Everybody heard this loud explosion and within seconds we hear people screaming that Kunti house on fire.” This publication was told that by the time persons raced to the house the entire building was engulfed with flames.
“Quick time dis place just catch and dem boys start trying to out the fire and calling fuh Kunti but we didn’t hear no answer, so dem start trying to break the house, but she does normally got two big lock on the door.”
Not long after the fire service arrived, but by then most of the house was already burnt with the woman inside.
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