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Nigerian Prince Nyathi reported to police that he closed his business at around 9 last night, and he was then alerted that it was completely on fire at around 3:30 this morning. The area resident who called police to respond to the fire spoke to us about what she observed at the house:

Rhonda Gomez - Neighbour
"After 3 this morning I heard a noise outside and I got up and I peep through the window, but I didn't see anything. I heard the dog barking and I didn't study it, so I went to lie down. I heard the noise again and my kids father was telling me that big fire over at Prince and when I look I saw the big flame of fire and then I call the fire station and nobody answered and I call the police and so they told me that they will get in touch with the fire station. I came outside and I saw the blazing fire. We couldn't do anything."

Benisford Matura - Operations Officer, Fire Department
"We got a fire call for Jasmine and Mahogany Streets, that's in the Lake I area, number 64 Mahogany Street. Upon arrival a bungalow structure was totally engulfed in flames - more flames coming out from the roof area. This structure was occupied by Mr. Prince Nyathi, a Nigerian. He is a mechanic and also sold used parts out of the structure. We got into operations and extinguish the fire."

Daniel Ortiz
"Are you guys able to tell us what was the cause of the fire initially?"

Benisford Matura
"Presently we still have investigators trying to sort out what caused it. I can tell us that the fire started somewhere in the center of the building in the ceiling area. It started from a high area."

As we showed you, the fire completely destroyed the building and its contents, which weren't ensured. The Fire Department is still trying to figure out what caused the blaze because it didn't have any electricity.