Tonight there are two fires to report on. The first happened in Hattieville just before 9 yesterday morning at the home of 54 year old Eloise Hyde. Here's how it started: her 8-year-old grandson was playing with a lighter and lit a curtain which then caught fire and set the entire house ablaze. At the time of the fire, there were about 15 persons occupying the building and its contents is valued at approximately fifty thousand dollars.
And then there was another fire that happened in the Solana area of Corozal town. Corozal fire fighters responded to the fire at approximately 9:30 last night. There they saw 2 structures in the same yard engulfed in flames. The cause of that fire is still unknown but today we caught up with Station Officer, Orin Smith for more details on both incidents.
Orin Smith - Station Officer, National Fire Service
"At approximately nine p.m., the National Fire Service had received and responded to a call of a structural fire in the Finca Solana area of Corozal Town. On arrival on scene, one structure was seen, a ply-board structure, was seen destroyed by fire and another structure on the same property was seen fully engulfed by flames. The NFS got into operation and put out those fires. Investigation is still presently ongoing on the cause of the fire. The fire originated in a twelve by sixteen structure - one of two on the property - the second structure was an eighteen by twenty structure. The fire in Hattieville - on Tuesday, July 8, 2014, at approximately 9:05 a.m., the National Fire Service had received and responded to a call of a structure fire in Hattieville area. On arrival on the scene, 1 two-storey wooden structure was seen engulfed in flames. The National Fire Service got into operation and put out that fire. Investigations revealed that the fire originated in a room on the lower flat of the structure. The fire is classified as accidental, as a result of a minor under the age of 10 experimenting with a light or 2. The structure was also insured."
Both structures were insured and no one was injured in either fires.
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