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Woman homeless after fire razes Angoy’s Ave. home
A 60-year-old Berbician woman watched helplessly as fire of unknown origin razed her two-bedroom wooden home yesterday afternoon.
Bibi Zairoon called ‘Zai’ lived alone in the building which was situated at 4 Levi’s Dam Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam.
According to neighbours, the fire started at approximately 15:50 hrs. They said the area had a power outage which lasted for the entire day.
Firemen douse what remains of the building
A male neighbour stated that he and some men had just finished working when they heard someone shout “Fire, fire ‘Zai’ house on fire.”At that time, flames had already engulfed the inside of the building.
The man said that Zairoon appeared in the yard and then attempted to enter the building, but she was prevented from doing so. Neighbours initially tried to break the door to see what they could save, but were quickly driven back by the raging flames. By then, others tried to form a bucket brigade, but this proved futile.
Two fire tenders arrived 15 minutes later. No other building was damaged.
According to Bibi Zairoon, who stated that she suffers from hypertension, she recently purchased the house and was in the process of renovating and painting the structure. She stated that at the time of the fire she was not at home. She had gone to her daughter’s residence in the same street when someone came and told her that her house was on fire.
”I ran barefoot back to my house. I was going into the house to save some things when the boys pulled me outside and told me I will get bun up.”
The woman constantly broke down in tears. She claimed that she had a lot of valuables in her house and lost everything. She could not estimate her losses. (Samuel Whyte)
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