Cayo residents are still in shock after yesterday's freak blast. The explosion killed 71 year old Ronald Sutherland. He was the owner of Tiger Aggregates Ltd. the company carrying out the operations on the Santa Elena site. Sutherland is known as an expert blaster but he made a costly error. The residents in the area also got hit hard as the boulders were flung great distances and crashed into their homes, destroying everything even vehicles. Some residents also got injured. It was huge eruption one that Cayo residents have never seen or experienced before. Courtney Weatherburne went to Cayo to see the aftermath including riveting amateur footage of the explosion in real time.

The massive explosion caught on camera "Buay he dead, he dead!!!"

The man who was caught in the blast was 71 year old Canadian Ronald Sutherland - owner of Tiger Aggregates LTD.

Sutherland and his team were extracting material from this hill in Santa Elena yesterday evening. Authorities say, they had informed the residents from 9:00 yesterday morning that they would be blasting in that area. Teams were also sent out in the afternoon around 3:00 to evacuate the residents. While safety measures were put in place, tragedy struck.

As seen in this amateur video, the first couple blasts were minor shocks but the final boom was the deadly one.

Juan Suarez - Eyewitness

"I video it from up there because we had about an hour the wait for this explosion because we were working, so I got my phone on the window the video. Well the first one never gone so big but we wait for the next one and I see the white man was standing in front of the machine right, then I see the explosion it was very big."

...Frantic screams and pleas for help after the explosion. Suarez and other residents raced over to the site but Sutherland's mangled body lay covered in white mall and dust - a life lost to an on-site mistake.

Hon. Rene Montero - Area Rep.

"As far as I'm concerned it was human error because Tiger Aggregates the owner who is deceased now is an expert in blasting and it seems as though with the power they made an error putting too much power in the blast and that caused the situation here. This is the first time; we normally don't blast where we have people living in the area."

Courtney Weatherburne

"So why were they given permission to do that here when the residence were around?"

Hon. Rene Montero

"As far as I'm concerned, Tiger Aggregates, they have a 2 year license to do blasting."

Courtney Weatherburne

"Are there any restrictions of where they can blast when residence are around?"

Hon. Rene Montero

"Yes, there are restrictions and the police made sure all the procedures and safety features were taken into consideration but it's unfortunate this happened."

While everyone is shaken by Sutherland's death, the residents are also in dismay as their homes were wrecked in the explosion. Today, large stones are still scattered on the streets and in homes.

Raymond Garnet - Resident

"My inside destroy, I don't know who to go see to fix that back."

Courtney Weatherburne

"So everything pretty much destroyed inside?"

Raymond Garnet

"Well damaged with stones, you can go inside and take a look; the car same thing too."

Danny Ku - Resident

"It is disastrous, we didn't expect it would turn out to this magnitude but I guess this is what we have."

Courtney Weatherburne

"In terms of cost damages overall..."

Danny Ku

"I haven't assessed it as yet but the house is totaled on the inside."

Now the only thing left untainted in Ku's house is his family photo, his inspirational quotes and the hope that he and his family will soon be able to enjoy the comfort of their home.

Hon. Rene Montero

"We are visiting all the people that got affected and give them an assurance that the company will immediately start repairs. I spoke to the sales manager of BRC because they are the ones that have the contract to upgrade the George Price Highway and they gave me an assurance that they are going to immediately compensate the people that got affected."

Courtney Weatherburne

"So they will pay for all the repairs for all the houses that were damaged?"

Hon. Rene Montero

"Everything they are going to pay."