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Fire Victim: Whatever We Have Right Now, Is What’s On Our Back

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Residents on the corner of Dunmore Street gathered on the road in shock Wednesday morning, as smoke still billowed from the ruins of homes that had been in their families for decades.

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4 months ago

December 11, 2024

Marlena Leonard

It all started in the wee hours, when deborah burrows alerted her husband to a fire.

Burrows even losing his wheelchair and a set of crutches in the fire.

Burrows says it took about 30 minutes for fire services to arrive, and although he echoed the confusion at what appeared to some residents to be a lack of water, says he’s still grateful.

If you want to help the burrows, you can reach out to Teniqua Penn at 804-8470.

Another home just feet away also went up in flames, a resident telling us a family of about 20 were living inside the generational home.

To make things worse, that family still reeling from the death of their mother just three days ago. A resident saying two of the daughters had left the scene for medical attention.

She says she too was frustrated by what looked like to her, the firetrucks seemingly having no water.

We reached out to chief fire officer in the Royal Bahamas Police Fire Department, Superintendent Demeris Armbrister denying the trucks came without water.

Friend of the community, Quncy Hudson, calling on government to step in and assist.