Abandoned House Burns Down On Jane Usher Boulevard

An early morning fire gutted a house on Jane Usher Boulevard today. The incident occurred around four thirty a.m. and while no one was injured, the small wooden structure was completely lost to the flames. Residents in the area claim that, while the house belongs to a Mister Belisle, it remained abandoned as far as they knew. For more information, we spoke with Kenneth Mortis from the National Fire Service.

 

Kenneth Mortis, Fire Station Supervisor, National Fire Service

“The information is still forthcoming in the sense that, we haven’t really gotten a chance to speak to the owners yet. We know that the Jane Usher Boulevard and what they call the Mudd Street here. The structure was a twenty by twenty four wooden structure, zinc roofing.  Unconfirmed reports is that it was abandoned, which again we need confirmation from mister Belisle. As we know that abandoned and unoccupied is basically two different categories. We can definitely say that the building had no electricity. But, like I said, the hours the fire was detected, it didn’t prove or didn’t give us much assistance from neighbors who could have pointed out whether they saw something out of the ordinary or anything to that effect, whether it was a malicious act, that is yet to be determined from the investigators and I am hoping that we can have something before the end of today.”

 

Britney Gordon

“What was the response time on the fire and how long did it blaze for?”

 

Kenneth Mortis

“We got the call approximately 5:01. I would say within seven minutes we were on the scene. We managed to control the fire after twenty  minutes of firefighting, I would say, and then another thirty-five minutes, more or less, that was when total extinguishment took place.”

 

Britney Gordon

“So being that you have not been in contact with Mr. Belisle, who contacted the fire department?”

 

Kenneth Mortis

“We received a call from the police department this morning.  After such, as per norm, we dispatched two trucks to the scene with a total of six firefighters and they were the ones responsible per se to bring this fire under control. Minimizing the damage to that one particular structure, versus whereby any other nearby structure were at risk. So we managed to control it before that happened.”