Mother of six returns home to see her house on fire, St Andrew, JA
It was a frenzy in Balcombe Drive, Waterhouse, on Tuesday night as residents, some with cooking gas cylinders, ran from Welcome Avenue in a section of the community where a fire ravaged three houses, leaving nine people displaced.
Based on a police report, about 7 o'clock, a thick smoke alerted residents to the house fire, which eventually spread to two adjoining houses. Before the fire brigade arrived at the scene, residents used pans with water in a desperate attempt to extinguish the fire.
Police say it is believed that the fire was started by a boy.
It was a dreaded night for Natalie Davey, a mother of six, whose house was reduced to ashes while she was away, despite the efforts of her neighbours.
“Mi just a think pon mi baby dem. My baby is five months old, and my other little boy is four. My others kids are not here. Mi nuh feel good. Everything bun up. The only thing wi have now is what we did have on. The fridge, stove, bed, dresser, and everything gone. Mi couldn't save them, My passport, birth certificate, everything. My baby papers fi guh a clinic and other documents like immunization card gone. Somebody just buy a tin of feeding fi di baby,” a distraught Davey told the reporters yesterday when a team visited the scene.
Davey wasn't at home at the time and became aware that her one-bedroom dwelling was engulfed in flames after a neighbour called her. Overwhelmed, Davey then collapsed on the road and had to be rushed to the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH).
Andrew Stewart, one of the men who was trying to put out the fire told the reporters that nothing was salvageable.
“When wi come, [it was] about five to 10 minutes after the fire, so wi couldn't really do much. Wi couldn't save nothing ina har [Natalie] house. The only thing wi coulda do was try get the fire down suh it don't catch other places and get outa control. Wi afi a lift out cylinder and a run wid cylinder. When the fireman dem come, dem a seh wi brave,” Stewart said.
Kaydian Taylor recalled trying to prevent the fire from spreading to a fourth house.
“Wi affi kick off the door and tek out the things dem. Wi couldn't get in one house because wi couldn't get off the lock, suh wi affi lick off the window dem. And me and mi friend dem just start throw water,” said Taylor.
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