Fire Leaves Three Homeless

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Saturday, 04 August 2012 02:30

By caribarena news

Antigua St. John’s – A family of three has been displaced after a fire completely destroyed their home and belongings and caused serious damage to a nearby house early Friday morning.

Police reports state that officers are investigating the circumstances of the Whenner Road blaze that rendered Claudette Armstrong, Nodine Williams, and Williams’ three-year-old daughter Anna Williamson homeless.
 
Reportedly, Williams and her daughter awoke to find the living room of their 18 x 20 two-bedroom plywood home engulfed in flames while the rest of the house was filled with smoke.
 

She was able to prevent further tragedy by quickly grabbing her three year old and running outside to safety. Armstrong, who was at work at the time, also returned home and was on the scene before firefighters extinguished the blaze.
 
A portion of an adjacent 16 x 23 plywood house occupied by Aubrey Maurice was also seriously damaged by the fire.
 
No one was injured in the incident; however, police and the Fire Department are continuing their investigations into the matter.


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Ellsworth Anderson Mack, age 53, and Miguel Morales, 21, both of Gray’s Farm were arrested and will have to answer to charges of house breaking and larceny.
 
Police jointly charged the duo with the offences after they allegedly broke into a home in Hodges Bay and stole two gas stoves, a television, a VCR, and four bedside lamps, valued at $9,900 total.
 
The men were allegedly caught in the act of committing the offences July 30, 2012 at Hodges Bay.

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