A house fire in Clevedale, Black Rock left two pensioners homeless and damaged another home in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The blaze, which began just before 6:30 a.m., shocked residents in the St Michael district but resulted in no injuries or loss of life.Angela Grimes, 70, who lived in the destroyed house with her brother Charles, 60, described the rapid spread of the fire: “When I got up and I heard him, I said, ‘Charles,’ and he said ‘yes’. Then I heard him again, and I asked him, ‘You alright?’ and he said ‘yes’. And that was a little after six. And then I smelled something like smoke, and when I came out of the bedroom, I saw the smoke in his bedroom”.“When I looked further in the bedroom, the bed was completely on fire, and it started to spread so quickly that I didn’t have a chance to take anything from my room. I just rushed outside and called next door,” she further recounted.Their home was destroyed and another occupied by Patricia Belle was slightly damaged.Divisional Officer Tremelle Perch reported that the Barbados Fire Service received the call at 6:28 a.m. Two water tenders, one from the Bridgetown Port Fire Station and the other from the Bridgetown Fire Station, responded under Perch’s command, along with a station officer and eight fire officers. Neighbour Karon Hinkson said she was asleep when the blaze started.
