Tonight, a family in Trial Farm Village is lucky to have escaped a terrible end after their mattress caught on fire early this morning. It happened in the area of Blackwater Creek where 29 year old Karina Barkely, 25 year old Douglas Leslie and 3 year old Natasha Regalado were sleeping when a fish coil set fire to their mattress. The mother, step-father and daughter escaped with burns to their hands stomach and face. We can't say how severe the burns are, because they are still being treated.
They lived in a wooden house with five other persons – and this morning at around 3:00, a family member smelled smoke and got up to find the mattress on fire with the three sleeping on it.
They all scrambled out of the house, which burned to the ground.
It is of important historical note that in September of 2006 – in the same Trial farm village in the Orange Walk District, Two children, 2 and 6 years old died in a home fire caused by candles.
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