A house that was situated on a government reserve at Wismar Housing Scheme, Linden is now destroyed following a fire that was ignited by an unattended flambeau.
The incident occurred at around 21:00hrs last evening and has resulted in the building’s occupant, Shawn Stewart, being homeless.
Upon arrival at the scene, firefighters observed the one-flat wooden building already engulfed in flames. The fire was extinguished and investigations are ongoing.
Preliminary reports indicate that the purported cause of the fire is naked flames from a lit flambeau which was left unattended and came into contact with nearby combustible materials, sparking an ignition.
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