Fire leaves Penal family homeless

A late night fire in Penal on Friday has left a family of four without their home. According to reports the fire started at the Hosein Avenue, Rock Road Penal house around 8.35 pm. The occupants  of the house Nazir Saqie, 27, his wife Jenelle Elbourne, 26, and daughters Diana and Tamar ages four and five years respectively, were not home at the time of the mishap. Officers from the Siparia Fire Station  received a call and arrived on the scene shortly afterwards. The team was led by Fire Sub Officer Dennis Asson and included Fire Officers Ramkissoon, Bride-gemohan and Douglas. Some neighbours tried desperately to douse the fire with a bucket brigade.

However, the efforts of the firemen could achieve little as the fire had already ravaged through most of the two bedroom wooden house. According to reports the owner of the house, Saqie, upon returning home had to be comforted and even held down as he tried to save possessions from his house that was going up in flames. PC Worrell and other officers of the E-999 Division visited the scene. Officials from the Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commis-sion (TTEC) also visited the scene. Investigators are yet to determine the cause of the blaze. Fire Prevention and TTEC personnel were  due to re-visit the scene.