Clarendon, Jamaica: A lady is alleged to have died in a home hearth in Lionel City, Clarendon this Saturday. The reason for the hearth has been decided to be a candle that was lighted to eradicate darkness.
Investigations revealed the identification of the deceased as Fredrica Williams, 81, of Poinciana Terrace, Lionel City.
Reportedly, Director Horace Thomas from the Clarendon hearth division has additionally warned the residents at a Clarendon Municipal Company assembly this month for not utilizing candles to gentle their properties.
The advisory comes after three households misplaced their properties to fireside within the hurricane’s wake. Locals don’t have any alternative however to gentle their homes with candles, because the energy firm has to date failed to provide electrical energy to the communities.
It ought to be famous that till now, a number of southern communities throughout the Central Parish continued to endure and proceed to endure energy outages as Jamaica was hit by what was then a Class 4 storm, Hurricane Beryl. Though it is over, the islands are struggling and on the solution to restoration.
Police officers stated they acquired a name from residents a few home on hearth round 12:46 p.m. The patrol group instantly responded to the calls and arrived on the scene the place they witnessed a four-bedroom hearth on Poinciana Terrace. The burnt property is a part of the Lionel City housing scheme.
When police arrived, folks reported that an aged lady who lived right here was nonetheless in the home. Authorities later decided that the hearth was began by a candle lit within the room of the deceased, 81-year-old Fredrica Williams.
The Might Pen Fireplace Division was additionally notified and arrived on the scene. The group tried to place out the hearth and after it cooled, the charred stays of an aged lady had been present in her room and brought to a hospital the place she was pronounced lifeless.
Nevertheless, investigations are nonetheless ongoing to calculate the precise worth of the harm induced.
