Fire saves driver from ticket

Newsday understands that at about 3.45 pm yesterday, the fire started at the third floor of the Ministry of Social Development building. PCs Roberts and Stewart of the Port of Spain Division were writing the ticket when someone ran up to them in a panic informing them that the building was on fire.

The officers immediately cancelled the ticket and ran to the building. They announced that there was a fire and ordered the occupants to get out. They then radioed to their base and reported the fire.

Fire officers from the Wrightson Road Fire Station responded to the report and managed to contain the blaze.

While investigators are still trying to ascertain the source of the fire, workers said they believed that the fire may have been caused by an electrical fault.

“We got the scent and then the electricity started to short out,” said one worker. But we managed to get everyone out of the building.

I have to commend the Fire Service because they responded very quickly.”