Sister escapes but couldn’t rescue elderly sibling from Kingston fire
BVI News understands that the elderly woman who perished in a house fire in Kingston, Tortola sometime after 8pm on New Year’s Day was a Canadian national and BVI Belonger.
Our sources say the deceased woman — Judy Morgan — had been ailing for some time and was being cared for by her sister.
It’s unclear how the fire started but it’s understood that Morgan was on the top floor of the two-story house. Her sister managed to escape and allegedly couldn’t re-enter to save Morgan, as the fire had gotten worse.
According to the police, the woman’s body was “found badly burnt amongst the rubble”
It’s alleged that Morgan’s dog also perished in the blaze. When firefighters arrived, they fought the fire but couldn’t do anything to save the deceased. Emergency medics were also called to the scene, where they assisted Morgan’s sister who was affected by the fumes in the building.
Our news centre was told that the authorities are still conducting investigations into the tragic incident.
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This is so sad. My Sympathy to the family and friends of Mrs.Morgan. I was very disappointed to read the vile comments left on the other site….how can a news site publish such comments after such a tragedy??? Humanity is really in trouble SMH
It seems the fire engine arrived with no water and then had to wait for a civilian water truck to arrive to start fighting the fire.
Is this acceptable?
How and when will a fire truck ever be capable of carrying enough water to fight a fire of that magnitude? Isn’t that what fire hydrants are designed for? Make it make make sense please?
While you’re at kindly asked your government to purchase a water taker to carry the amount required to fight house fires.
The firemen went with the hose to the house next door and pumped water from the pool!!
The BVI does not have fire hydrants and yes the fire engine is supposed to have water to start fighting the fire. No wonder it took so long to get it under control.
Basically in the BVI you are on your own for anything because help takes too long to arrive and then is most ineffective when it does. Always make sure you have a hose that is outside and can reach anywhere in the building.
The BVI does indeed have fire hydrants. They are underground. Next time you’re walking and come across a tiny 4″x4″ manhole, that is a fire hydrant. How many of them there are across the island however, I don’t know.
a square box with two halves of a iron cover that can be removed and a fire hydrant can be screwed on to a valve down in the hole and connect a hose on to
it and a key to open the valve to release the water into the hose they used to be all over wherever they are water lines underground mostly in town / am not sure if they are still in use these days
Does these pipes always have water?