On Sunday, another fire broke out in Belize City, this time on Ebony Street. Unfortunately, no one was home to save the house, and by the time the fire truck arrived, it was completely gutted. Station Supervisor for the Belize District, Gladstone Bucknor, explained to reporters that there wasn’t much they could do, as they had just returned from putting out a bush fire.
Gladstone Bucknor
Gladstone Bucknor, Belize District Station Supervisor, National Fire Service
“A cement bungalow structure actually completely got destroyed with all the contents inside. As far as the investigation reveals, we understand that the person who owns it, Ms. Humes, is deceased and I think her daughter lives in the house now.”
Reporter
“Do you have any idea what caused the fire?”
Gladstone Bucknor
“The officers are out there, they’re still looking at that. At the time of the Ebony Street fire it was after 12 on Sunday afternoon.”
Meanwhile, Bucknor provided details about a fire that left a family in Hattieville homeless last Friday morning. He explained that their investigation revealed the blaze was caused by faulty electrical wiring in the house on Old Hattieville Road.
Gladstone Bucknor
Gladstone Bucknor, Belize District Station Supervisor, National Fire Service “It’s a wooden structure, with about a four-foot elevation off the ground, completely destroyed. We have one female and her two kids staying in the house. That one, the fire originated in the kids’ room and again, electrical faultiness has a lot of role in that one. We found beatings where the fan was plugged in. And we actually discovered that there’s only a 20-amp breaker that was filling a whole entire building. So it was overloaded.”
A family of four from Hattieville is now homeless after a fire destroyed their home early Friday morning. Oris Bailey recounted that just after midnight, she and her two children were asleep in their two-bedroom wooden house when she woke up to the smell of smoke. Realizing the house was on fire, they quickly escaped without injuries, but the house and everything inside were destroyed. Bailey’s mother, who lives in a neighboring wooden house on the same property, also had to flee for safety and suffered burns to her arm. Thankfully, her home was not damaged. When we arrived at the scene this morning, fire personnel were still investigating. We spoke with Bailey to get her account of the incident.
Oris Bailey
Oris Bailey, Fire Victim
“At around twelve twenty-eight, twelve thirty, I was sleeping with my two kids and between sleep and wake I smelled smoke. When I got up I smell portion of my kids room already in flames. During that time I hurry woke up my two kids and we ran through the door because the house was already in flames. Well, the only thing that was going through my mind to make sure they come out safe. With the amount of fire in the building the smoke mih thick and we mih the try save what we have put couldn’t save anything because the whole house was in fire. It is a fully furnished house, everything was completely lost. The TV, the fridge, the washing machine, the three beds, everything.”
Paul Lopez
“Do you have any idea what happened?”
Oris Bailey
“I have no idea sir, no idea. I never leave on any stove, I never have no fly fish on, leave on nothing anything, nothing mih lef on, so I don’t know how the house caught on fire.”
Paul Lopez
“In terms of the possibility of it being arson, you have any of that going through your mind as a possibility?”
Oris Bailey
“It could be, I don’t know how the house would catch fire if nothing was lit or left on. It could be. I done lose everything, so I don’t have anything, no clothes, my food gone, everything gone so any assistance would be greatly appreciated. And if they want to reach me they can contact 629-6524.”
Early this morning, a fire destroyed a building that was a significant part of Belize City’s history. The Queen Street Baptist Church, which stood for over two hundred years, went up in flames. This historic building was not only a place of worship but also hosted a school feeding program. The fire’s aftermath will disrupt classes next week, and church services will need to be held elsewhere until funds can be raised for rebuilding. News Five’s Marion Ali has more on this story.
Marion Ali, Reporting
At 4:30 this morning, Victor Cowo, a resident of Queen Street, woke up to the smell of thick smoke filling his home. When he stepped outside to investigate, he saw that the historic Queen Street Baptist Church was engulfed in flames.
Victor Cowo
Victor Cowo, Queen Street Resident
“I noticed, like, this cement portion of the building looked like flames were coming out from one of the windows. It didn’t seem like it caught the building yet. And that’s when I came back into my house and called 911.”
Cowo said he rushed back inside to gather his family’s important documents and some clothes. But as the smoke thickened, he noticed that the fire service was taking longer than expected to arrive.
Victor Cowo
“It feels like it took between 15 to 30 minutes. I’m not really 100 percent sure because. The area started to get really smoke, we had, me and my father had to hide in our room because the smoke was actually coming into our yard, into my portion of the room. Yeah, and then afterwards, we’ve grabbed like some buckets, the hose, tried to wet where we can wet.”
Gladstone Bucknor, the Belize District’s Station Supervisor for the National Fire Service, said they weren’t alerted until a few minutes after five a.m., but they responded quickly. He urges everyone to call 9-9-0 directly in case of a fire.
Gladstone Bucknor
Gladstone Bucknor, Belize District Station Supervisor, National Fire Service
“ Remember the number, 9-9-0 is direct to the fire department throughout the country, whichever part of the country you are, 9-9-0 comes to us directly.”
Marion Ali
“And the 9-1-1 goes through another…”
Gladstone Bucknor
“9-1-1 goes to the police department, then they call us.”
Commissioner of Police Chester Williams stated that the fire doesn’t appear to be a criminal matter, so the police won’t be investigating it.
Chester Williams
Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police
“One of the lights, I think, on the southern end was not working and according to information, the fire may have started from there. So it is believed that the fire may be electrical, starting with the area where Um, the light exist that was not working, but that is going to be confirmed hopefully today or next week by the fire department.”
The National Fire Service is still investigating, but according to the preliminary report, Bucknor believes the fire likely started due to an electrical issue.
Gladstone Bucknor
“We had a power outage between 3 o’clock this morning, between 3 and 4, and immediately after that we, this occurred. We actually look at areas where we see that they have some patterns of burns. So that’s the area we’re concentrating on right now.”
Reporter
“So it seems to be electrical?”
Gladstone Bucknor
“We can say yes and due to the fact that the current went out and come on with a surge.”
Four fire trucks responded to the blaze—three from Belize City and one from Ladyville. One of the Belize City trucks had mechanical issues, but Bucknor said they quickly fixed the problem. It took the team about an hour to contain the fire and stop it from spreading to other buildings. The main school building had damage to its doors and burglar bars. Principal Patricia Wade told News Five that classes will be canceled next week.
Patricia Wade
Patricia Wade, Principal, Queen Street Baptist School
“ Next week we definitely can’t have classes here. We’ll do online. But we are prepared for that. We’re not expecting to be out too long.We’re working on getting two small buildings that we can put out our man’s field and then we’ll put the babies there. So hopefully we get things into place. And in terms of the feeding aspect. Well, that is our holdup. Wwe’ll have to ask the parents to bring the, um, food, or, um, let the children bring their lunch, or the parents can drop it off for them.”
But the building was more than just a school and a church; it held significant historical value. Pastor Lloyd Stanford has been sharing his sermons there since 1971.
Lloyd Stanford
Lloyd Stanford, Pastor, Queen Street Baptist Church
“The ministry of this church started in 18 22 and it continue up until last night.
This strike started in 1822. And we went through 1931 hurricane, to which the building was damaged and we had to refurbish it to where it is today. Okay. This school served this community, well the community of Belize City, and in fact Belize as a whole.”
Sister Joan Arana, a member of the Baptist community, expressed her feelings in a poem today. She wrote, quote, God placed you on this Earth in 1822 on Queen Street, a beacon of His light in the City was your divinely accomplishing feat, end quote. Marion Ali for News Five.
The fire official urged households to check their electrical wiring, especially if it’s been in place for many years. In the case of the Queen Street Baptist Church, which has stood since 1822, Station Supervisor Gladstone Bucknor noted that the wiring was last updated decades ago. He suggested that this, combined with a power surge when electricity was restored, might have sparked the fire.
Gladstone Bucknor
Gladstone Bucknor, Belize District Station Supervisor, National Fire Service
“That building is from 1822 and was last updated in 1931 after Hurricane Hattie. recently had their roof did and electrical system. As we know, electrical system is heat and we will people just leave their buildings like that and around appliances after appliances rather than actually getting electric to come in and rewire their system. So I advise all household personnel try to get their electrician to come in and sorted out.”
A mother and her four children are left homeless tonight after a devastating fire destroyed their home earlier today. Yvette Bernardez was at work when she got the heartbreaking news that her house was on fire. She lost everything in the blaze. To make matters worse, the National Fire Service’s response was disappointing, with only six firefighters showing up due to a sickout by their colleagues. Here’s News Five’s Isani Cayetano with the story.
Isani Cayetano, Reporting
This morning, a residential fire in Belize City destroyed a small, elevated structure on Neal’s Pen Road Extension. Responders from the National Fire Service, including Station Officer Gladstone Bucknor and Kenyatta Grey, were on the scene, joined by a messenger, a mechanic, and two other firemen. With most of their colleagues calling in sick, this small team was left to tackle the blaze on their own.
Gladstone Bucknor
Gladstone Bucknor, Station Officer, Belize District
“The fire is a three-bedroom, four feet elevation house, eighteen-by-twenty, owned by Yvette Bernardez. She’s a security guard.”
Isani Cayetano
“What can you tell us, preliminarily in terms of what you believe to be the cause of this fire?”
Gladstone Bucknor
“I can’t answer that at the moment. We still have to do some investigation. The guys are mopping up right now, so as soon as they are finished mopping up then we are going to go in and see what would have been the cause of it.”
Isani Cayetano
“In terms of containment, what was the response like and how quickly were you able to get this fire under control?”
Gladstone Bucknor
“When the guys got the call, there’s no other house immediately in the area, as you can literally see, it’s a London bridge to the structure. So there’s no other immediate threat to any other structure around it.”
Yvette Bernardez, thirty-six, was on duty as a security guard when she got the alarming news about the fire. By the time she rushed back home, she found nothing but a pile of rubble where her house once stood.
Yvette Bernardez
Yvette Bernardez, Fire Victim
“When I left this morning for work, after five, I called my children this morning and asked them if everything was good, they got ready for school. My daughter was the last person that I spoke to, every day as she goes to work as she goes to work at Public’s. Every fifteen minutes I spoke with her. She told me, “Mom, everything is good. Today, as I came off the phone with her, I got a call that my house is on fire. I don’t understand, I noh know weh gaan wrong. I don’t know. I try my best and I work. Da just me and my four kids.”
Bucknor and his team worked tirelessly, even though they initially faced challenges with not enough hands on deck and a shortage of water. During today’s sickout, it could have been a real disaster if a fire had broken out somewhere else.
Gladstone Bucknor
“Our mechanics are well versed with the truck so they do as much as they can.”
Reporter
“But you didn’t have firemen with you…”
Gladstone Bucknor
“Well I am a firefighter. This is me and I am second in command. We are firefighters so this what we do. As the officer in charge, we respond to all scenes. If you are asking me if there are other firemen around, you know, with all due respect, all the officers have the right to call in sick.”
Isani Cayetano
“How do you carry out your job effectively amidst this particular situation where you don’t have the kind of manpower? This could have been a bigger fire and you have limited resources, in terms of manpower.
Gladstone Bucknor
“In that case, then we rely on other resources. In that case, then we rely on other resources like the police force or any other personnel who can come in and assist.”
Bernardez said she got the alarming call about the fire just moments after hanging up with her daughter.
Yvette Bernardez
“As I came off the phone with her, I got a call from someone that my house is onfire. I don’t understand. I noh know weh gaan wrong, I noh know. I try my bestand I work, da just me and my four kids. I try my best. I noh know, I noh knowweh fi seh. I done cry wahn lot. But at the end of the day, God strong. He givesme the strength and courage to go on. But I know, I left everything eena fi hehand.”
Residents in the area believe that the fire was sparked by an electrical short.
Marsha Belisle
Marsha Belisle, Resident, Neal Pen Road Ext.
“That is what caused the fire, faulty electrical.”
Isani Cayetano
“So, describe for us either the resident or the people who live at that structure that’s under fire.”
Marsha Belisle
“That is one of my neighbors. I sympathize with her. That lady struggled to build her house on her own, from scratch, you understand. She’s been going through a lot. She’s there with her children and the fire just came and everything’s gone.”
Tonight, a family in Dangriga is grappling with the aftermath of a devastating house fire that tragically claimed the life of their beloved Sonia Sambula. Just before midnight on Monday, flames engulfed a home in the Benguche area of Dangriga, where Sonia and her two adult grandsons were sleeping. Awakened by the smoke, they tried to escape, but heartbreakingly, Sonia couldn’t make it out in time. Witnesses say the fire was too fierce for anyone to help her, and she perished inside. News Five’s Britney Gordon has more on this unfortunate incident.
Britney Gordon, Reporting
Since the early hours of the morning, these siblings have been tirelessly clearing away the charred remains of their family home, which caught fire earlier today. It’s a grueling task, not just because of the physical labor involved, but also the emotional toll of knowing that just hours ago, their beloved sister, Sonia Sambula, lost her life in the blaze.
Archangel Blanch Sambula
Archangel Blanch Sambula, Sister of Deceased
“When I got a call early this morning, I was informed that my sister was perished in a fire. I think it started about After twelve before the and it’s so unfortunate that you know that had happened to my sister because she was a loving, outgoing person.”
Britney Gordon
“Did your sister live here by herself?”
Archangel Blanch Sambula
“No, she lived here with her grandkids and one of her daughters.”
Britney Gordon
“Any of them, did they get any injuries from the fire?”
Archangel Blanch Sambula
“None of them received any injury. My sister was the only one that got killed in the fire.”
Sonia lived in an elevated single-story home with her daughter, Marsha, and her two grandsons. Last night, it was just Sonia and her grandsons at home when the strong smell of smoke jolted them awake. One of her grandsons shared the heart-wrenching story of how he battled between fear and frustration, desperately trying to save himself and his grandmother.
Voice of: Fire Victim
Voice of: Fire Victim
“When I mi sleep, I mi di rest up and then I start see flames start erupt like round eleven thirty so then I rush downstairs and I downstairs and I check weh gone on. And when I check da flames. And then I run upstairs fir try save my granny but then I can’t because smoke done deh inna my lungs already, I di cough up. Fa mi look fi gone to so I just spin round back and run outside. I jump from way top of the veranda. About ten foot.”
Britney Gordon
“So you’re saying that at that moment you couldn’t breathe the smoke was so thick?”
Voice of: Fire Victim
“Yes, thick bad like firehearth.”
Neighbors recall the chilling sound of Sonia’s cries for help echoing through the neighborhood, spurring many to rush over with buckets of water and calls to the authorities. Dreadfully, the fire had already become too intense for anyone to enter, and despite their best efforts, Sonia was overcome by the flames.
Voice of: Fire Victim
“Nobody mi cya help because it mi done too late.”
Britney Gordon
“It was already engulfed in flames?”
Voice of: Fire Victim
“Flames. Flames and two tank mi de in de.”
The cause of the fire remains a mystery, but the family has come together, seeking support and answers. Sonia’s eldest son, Denmark Sambula, who lives in Belize City, rushed down to Dangriga as soon as he could.
Denmark Sambula
Denmark Sambula, Son of Deceased
“I di sleep my phone ring bout twelve-thirty, quarter to one. When I answer my call my uncle, right ova deh so, he ask me if I know weh di goi an? I want know. No. Tell me weh di go an. He seh yo ma house deh pan fire and yo ma deh trap inside and ih can’t come out, I da like what. I jump up and my wife right ya so, she hear the conversation cuz I had it pan speaker and she jump up and bawl to.”
Sambula explains that a wave of helplessness immediately overtook him upon hearing the news.
Denmark Sambula
“Mein I wish I coulda mi fly from Belize City to Dangriga at the moment mami. I wish wa miracle could mi happen but mein the father God know’s best you know. I can’t question his doing and thing,”
Sonia is fondly remembered as a joyful woman with a deep religious faith. Neighbors often recall hearing her sing gospel music at the top of her lungs, her voice filling the air and reaching their homes.
Denmark Sambula
“Mein she da wa loving mother. Every day she go church. She never got time fi stay home. I da like, ma, you not just come from church? She said, well, I gwen again. I have wa lee prayer meeting. I’m leaving. I tell her, ma, relax, ma. Go tomorrow morning. You know, she always find time for church. Every day she got time fi go to church. Yeah, love and she loved all ah we. Ih love ih grandchildren.”
On top of losing their beloved Sonia, Marsha and her sons have lost all their personal belongings and now face the daunting task of rebuilding their lives from scratch. The Sambula family is reaching out to the public for any donations to help ease this process. Denmark, Sonia’s eldest son, is stepping up to support his sister and can be contacted at 606-4530 for donations.
Denmark Sambula
“Family from Dangriga, from Belmopan from Belize City, everybody come, unite up and thing and try mek all ah we get over this grief together.”
Archangel Blanch Sambula
“She was wow, somebody who loves to help. It wouldn’t take a dollar for her to help someone. Once you’re in need, she would help you.”
Authorities are looking into a fire that completely destroyed a building in the Cayo District early this morning. The blaze broke out around 4 a.m. at the Ontario Christian School, forcing the school to cancel classes for the day. Thankfully, no one was hurt, and the flames didn’t spread to any other buildings. News Five’s Britney Gordon has the details.
Britney Gordon, Reporting
Students at Ontario Primary School in Cayo District got an unexpected day off today, but it came at a steep cost. Early this morning, a fire broke out and completely consumed one of the buildings on the school grounds, leaving behind nothing but charred remains. Vilma Ramirez, a local resident, shares how she found out about the blaze near her grandchildren’s school.
Vilma Ramirez
Vilma Ramirez, Ontario Village Resident
“Well this morning I went to my mom next door and one of my friend come from out there, come look for a medicine. And she tell me, she seh gyal yo hear what happen? The compound get burned. I say what? Why? I don’t know. Ih seh four o’clock this morning she seh.”
Residents say the building that burned down was the old Mulhollen Children’s Home, which had been unused for about three years. It was less than a hundred feet from the school. Thankfully, firefighters managed to contain the blaze and prevent it from spreading. However, teachers reported that their classrooms were filled with the smell of smoke and covered in soot. The rainy weather this morning also helped to dampen the still-smoldering remains.
Vilma Ramirez
“I say what? I can’t believe it. Because that place de deh from 1957. Very old place so we couldn’t expect that bun up.”
Ramirez is grateful that the school was not impacted by the flames as her ten and twelve-year-old grandchildren prefer to be learning rather than stuck at home.
Britney Gordon
“Did they tell you when classes would open again?”
Vilma Ramirez
“No.They neva did tell me.”
Britney Gordon
“So you’re hoping that maybe by tomorrow the kids can go back to school?”
Vilma Ramirez
“Yes because they don’t like to stay home.”
While villagers are relieved that things weren’t worse, they’re still a bit shaken by the incident. They’re hoping investigators can quickly figure out what caused the fire.
Vilma Ramirez
“My daughter, my son. My two daughters and my son. Now da my grandkids.”
Britney Gordon
“And your grandkids are staying home today. They came and told you?”
Vilma Ramirez
“Yes. Ney seh ney surprise that happen. Because ney neva expect that mi going to happen out there.”
According to Kenneth Mortis, Belize City Station Supervisor at the National Fire Service, authorities are still investigating the incident and are yet to determine the source of the fire. Britney Gordon for News Five.
A Belizean woman who has been living in Los Angeles for the past twenty-five years has lost her home and everything she and her two children owned in the raging fires that have been burning. Anaceli Mendez made a video recording to share with us the sequence of events leading up to and just after her home was gutted by the blaze. She shared that just before the fires, they experienced strong winds that knocked down trees and her fence. The night before her house was destroyed, her neighbour woke her and her son, and she believes that was what saved them from getting burnt in the blaze. Her daughter was at college several miles away, she said. An evacuation order was given for the families in her area early the following morning, but by that time, she and her son had already left with just overnight clothing that they had packed. She said they drove for miles looking for a hotel, and even though their prices were inflated, there was no room. She said they drove for hours and then they got the awful news.
Anaceli Mendez
Anaceli Mendez, LA Fire Victim
“We get evacuated from here at three-forty in the morning. Everybody jumps in their car, and we drive far. All the hotels there, everything booked, everything packed up. And, so you just continue to drive till you can find a hotel. All hotel prices are two hundred and forty U.S. dollars minimum for a night. They just want to raise the prices for everything because they don’t see the situation, right? So then they try and make their dollars work. I end up a good probably thirty miles away. And, the next day we get the notification, or like the confirmation that our house burnt down. I live on a property that had three houses. All three houses gone down. All three families, we packed just overnight stuff, if as much. Everything gone. We were never ready for this. We never think this will happen. It looked like the gates of hell opened because we did drive, and the winds were sixty to eighty miles, and they beat down on the pan, and we did try to drive on the freeway, and you can see all the fire, like the wind blows it towards the car, so you feel the car is not even stable, you feel the car move. I can’t take pictures; I can’t take videos because I feel like I would lose control of the car. It’s sad to see everybody who they are going through right now. It’s sad to see everything. Back here they still have everything locked up. They have the National Guard, and we can’t go up; we can’t even have a little last closure. All I want right now is to just go up and see if maybe pictures survive, anything. I just lost my pa one year ago, and to think that I lose him all over again, but this time, it’s for good because I don’t have pictures; I don’t have anything. My son lost his school. My son lost everything in the house. So we have a life, and we appreciate that, you know.”
The operator of the bakery where a fire broke out, destroying two apartment buildings in San Pedro, deeply regrets helping his co-worker get her job back. The co-worker, a forty-year-old Mexican woman who hasn’t been charged yet, had worked on and off with the baker, Fermin Witzil, over the years. Earlier this year, she left the island to live in Cayo but called him less than two weeks ago, asking for her job back and requesting travel and subsistence money. Feeling obliged, he helped her out. Now, as a fire victim himself due to her actions, he laments ever assisting her. Here’s News Five’s Marion Ali with more on the story.
On the Phone: Fernando Witzil, Fire Victim
On the Phone: Fernando Witzil, Fire Victim
“She was working with me from August to November. Then she left and then she asked for help that she want to come back to work again the 20th of December. She asked for help that she need money for passage and food and pay. Uh, two weeks rent there and me and my sister put the money together and sent the money for her. I never know. She was going through a lot of problems.”
Marion Ali, Reporting
Fermin Witzil, the owner of the bakery that was destroyed in the fire at Centavos Apartments on Sea Star Drive, shared his regret today. He explained that he had offered a helping hand to his friend and co-worker, who said she needed to return to her job at the bakery. Unbeknownst to him, she was going through a tough time, trying to escape an abusive relationship and dealing with issues with another family living above the bakery. In an episode involving the woman, Witzil warned her that he would call the police and he went upstairs to do so. In that moment, she took out her frustration on the family, the bakery owner, and the other ten families living in the apartment complex. This tragic turn of events left Witzil and many others as victims of the fire.
On the Phone: Fernando Witzil
“She was throwing things. Whatever she meet on her way, she just slam it with her hand. She was getting crazy. Starting to do anything she meet on the way. And she was crying. I said to her I will call the police because You are not behaving right. You – calm yourself.”
Witzil recounted that he went upstairs to call a police friend, explaining that his co-worker was causing a disturbance. Unfortunately, the officer wasn’t available at the time. Shortly after, Witzil heard the ominous sound of gas hissing from the tanks downstairs at his bakery. When he went to check, an explosion blasted him out onto the street. Witzil explained that his co-worker had lived in the same apartment complex and worked with him a few months ago before moving to Cayo. During her previous stay, she had issues with the family living above the bakery. This tension, combined with her personal struggles, culminated in the tragic events that unfolded.
On the Phone: Fermin Witzil
“I know her like seven years, but five years, she asked me if I need someone for help in the kitchen, I said, yes, but she never worked permanently. She just two months, three months, and then she left, like part-time. And then she was working with me from August to November, then she left. She used to say that they will pay what they have done with her, put interfering in her life.”
The woman was detained by San Pedro police but has since been released as investigations continue. The National Fire Service has confirmed that the fire was deliberately set. Assistant Commissioner of Police Hilberto Romero informed the media that they are treating the incident as arson. He also noted that the woman in question did not appear to be mentally unstable.
“An apartment building with twelve rooms was completely engulfed in flames. Investigation revealed that one of the tenants was at one of the rooms when he heard the sound of pressure from probably a gas (tank) thereafter there was an explosion, they place caught fire. We have one person in custody in regard to this investigation and we’re treating it as an arson.”
Reporter
“From what we understand, there were tanks and this woman allegedly turned on these tanks.”
A.C.P Hilberto Romero
“That is the information we have, so, she’s in custody and we are doing follow up work.”
Reporter
“Are you able to say what her condition is – her physical condition – because some on the island are saying that she had recently been the victim of some type of abuse and she had injuries significant.”
A.C.P Hilberto Romero
“Yeah, she’s doing okay. She’s in custody and she will be interviewed. She has no injuries or anything.”
Reporter
Okay. Is she a mentally ill person?
A.C.P Hilberto Romero
“Not that we know of, no.”
Meanwhile, Fermin Witzil has received some pledges of assistance and is appealing to the public for help to get back on his feet.
On the Phone: Fermin Witzil
“The minister called me this morning, but he said the secretary of him will give me Some tickets, but I have not seen no one yet and Nemo, Nemo will, but until Friday will things come in from Belize City. We left with our two, three-cycles. We used to work on the street. We make the pastries and go in the street and sell. Well, at least the tire that I can paint the bike, or I can see what can I do, at least the three wheelers.”
If you would like to help Fermin Witzil get back to his business, you can reach him at 6367599. Marion Ali for News Five.
