THERE was a fire through Taylor's Alley on Monday morning. A two storey wooden structure went up in flames just before 1am. Home owner Nikita Jones was not at home at the time - but her boyfriend and two children were sleeping in the upper storey of the house when the fire started. All 3 managed to escape unhurt.
The Fire Department extinguished the fire - but unfortunately for Jones and her family, they didn't manage to save anything. She told us of her plight:...
Voice of: Nikita Jones, Home Owner
"The fire happened on Sunday about 12am. I sell food at the Belize Bank, when I came in I drop off the pots upstairs and I went to Princess to pick up my sister. In like 15 minutes after that they call me and told me that my house is on fire."
Monica Bodden
"Anybody was at home at the time?"
Nikita Jones, Home Owner
"My boyfriend was sleeping along with my two kids and the baby was at the babysitter; I have 3 kids."
Monica Bodden
"I understand it was an upstairs and downstairs house. They were upstairs, no one resides downstairs?"
Nikita Jones, Home Owner
"No one lives downstairs, just my amount upstairs. They really tell me anything, but I guess it was arson. When I reach here everything was burnt to the ground, nothing was save. My boyfriend says that he just grab the two kids and took them out of the house. That's it."
"It is rough, we are trying to imagine how to start back right now, but God is with us, we will find money to start back."
Jones believes it was arson since the fire started from the lower flat of the house - which she reported, had no electricity.
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