…While latest to be burned out seeks help
The families at San Cas Plaza were not the only fire victims in need of help. Today twenty-two year old Gregory Harris visited our studios to appeal for the public’s assistance after the house the family was renting on Louise Bevans Street in Port Loyola was destroyed by fire on Tuesday night. The blaze, believed to have been caused by an electrical problem in a switch box, quickly engulfed the upper floor of the two-storey wooden building.
Gregory Harris, Fire Victim
“The fire start from my sister room from the switchbox. My ma mi deh inna the kitchen di chop up some chicken and me and my niece di watch TV and I smell smoke and when I smell the smoke I run and I tell my ma I smell smoke, somebody house di burn down. So my ma run outside, we di run fi see which house di get burn down, not knowing that dah fi we house di burn and my ma mek the mistake and open the room weh the fire deh and right deh so the fire bust out.”
“We noh save nothing. The fire happen so quickly we only could dah outta the house. I grab my niece and we noh save nothing, not even the slippers pan we foot. Only one suit a clothes and dah the clothes weh we have on save, nothing else.”
Jacqueline Godwin
“I understand that for the moment you guys are split up staying at different people’s houses in the neighbourhood, but in terms of replacing some of the things that was lost, you have not been successful. What assistance the family needs right now?”
Gregory Harris
“We would like if the area rep could come in and give we assistance or the public, anything weh they could give we, we would really appreciate.”
The owner of the house presently resides in the United States. Although the property was insured, none of the Harris’s personal belongings were covered. If you can help the family replace any of the items lost, please give Gregory a call at 660-9800 or make a financial donation into Atlantic Bank account number 210-702-1134. On Friday, the Harris family will be at the site at number 4272 Louise Bevans Street if you would like to extend a helping hand.
