Fireman falls from roof

BRAVING gusty winds during Tuesday’s freak storm, a fireman fell some ten feet from the top of a house in Mayaro where he was trying to assist the occupants in placing a tarpaulin after the roof of the house was blown away. Fortunately Fireman Jonas Joseph of the Rio Claro Fire Station escaped with only bruises to his hip, right leg and arms. Joseph was among a party of fire fighters who responded to a distress call around 4.43 pm,  after the roof of a house belonging to Johnson and Joan Ayoung, at Gold Street, Mayaro,  was blown away by strong winds. Upon their arrival, the officers began putting up a tarpaulin as a makeshift covering until a new roof could be placed on the house. However, while on top of the house,  Joseph slipped and fell through the beams which once held the roof. He fell ten feet and landed on the concrete floor inside the house. The Fire Services ambulance was summoned and Jonas was taken to Mayaro District Medical Centre where he was treated and transferred to the San Fernando General Hospital, for observation. Joseph was later discharged from hospital, and is said to be resting comfortably at home.