Midday Fire Destroys Home on Boots Crescent

Just before midday, a fire broke out on Boots Crescent, completely destroying the home of a local tour operator in Belize City. Kenneth Lamb, the homeowner, was out with a group of tourists when he got the alarming news. Despite rushing back, there was nothing he could do to save his property. News Five spoke with a neighbor who witnessed smoke pouring out of Lamb’s two-story house.

 

Voice of: Resident, Boots Crescent

“I was inside my house and I gave my little daughter a garbage bag and I said, “Just go and throw it in the can.  When she came out, she came back and she said, “Mom, the neighbor’s house is on fire.  Fire, fire.  Why is the neighbor’s house under fire?”  When I ran outside and I looked, as I turned I saw the entire roof enclosed with lone smoke.  Smoke di pop out of the roof, the rooftop like ih next to burst off with lone smoke to the top there.  Immediately, I grabbed my purse, grabbed my baby and my phone and called 911.  I couldn’t get through to 911 for whatever reason, I hurry called out to the neighbor.”