Good Friday fire strikes in Amelia’s Ward

Mar 27, 2016 News

A family of five is left homeless after fire destroyed their three-bedroom wooden house in Cinderella City, Amelia’s Ward, Linden about 08:00 hrs Friday morning.

What is the of the home after the fire.

According to one neighbor, Nadia Johnson left her three children aged four, three and two years old to sell eggs. “I see when she go out de yard and in five minutes time I hear de children call out ‘mammy’, so I say probably de mother must be come back. So I buss me bedroom window and see they coming down de step. Then I raise my head an see de fire in de second bedroom.”
The neighbour claimed that she shouted ‘fire’ to alert the other neighbours.
“One of de neighbours who live up front of me run an fetch down de children.” Nothing was saved although residents ran into the house. The heat was too intense.
Johnson was too distraught to speak. She had to be rushed to the Linden Hospital Complex as her blood pressure soared.
Neighbours say that the house was only finished about three years. They claim her husband who works in neighbouring Suriname only returned to work last Wednesday.
Fire Officer David Payne said that by the time they got the call and arrived on the scene the house was engulfed. They are still to determine the cause of the fire.
While residents complimented the Fire Service for arriving quickly, they are peeved that nothing was saved.
Johnson is being comforted by family and friends as she is contemplating what to do next. But she is thankful her children are alive.