Fire Displaces Family of Seven in Carmelita Village

Seven persons are displaced in Carmelita Village, after a fire destroyed their thirty-by-twenty wooden home on Sunday night. Twenty-two-year-old Brianna Conorquie told News Five that no one was at home when the fire started and that she believes it was arson.

 

Brianna Conorquie, Fire Victim

“Last night around 9:30, I got a call. I was not at home. I mi deh da Orange Walk. And then my friend called me first and said, Bri, your house is on fire. So I said, no, man, never, that can’t happen. So we just stay a little at my friend’s house. And then I said, my auntie messaged me that live right down the road. And she said, Bri, you know, your house di burn to the ground, right? So when I reach home, my house blazing fire, I couldn’t save nothing. I couldn’t even come in the yard. And that da mi around 10 30 when I reach home cause the fire start like 9:30.”

 

Marion Ali

“Have they said what caused it?”

 

Brianna Conorquie

“No ma’am, but they said that the fire started in my sister’s room in the back. So somebody had to light it because my sister’s room ih nuh wired. So no wire in the room at all.”

 

Marion Ali

“Nothing left on, like a candle?”

 

Brianna Conorquie

“Nothing, nothing. My sister’s room is like a storeroom. So she nuh use it and nothing in there.”

 

Marion Ali

“Nothing flammable?”

 

Brianna Conorquie

“Nothing, nothing, and the door can’t lock. So somebody must have went in and light the fire while we were not here. It has to be somebody. I don’t know for what reason or I don’t know, but it is someone and I hope that they see what is happening here and I hope that they are happy with themselves because we have nothing. I’m staying with my grandmother right now in a back room. Yeah, me and my daughter and my little brother and my sister and my mother is staying at her mother’s home. We have been asking for help. We are getting a little help, you know, one step at a time. And I am grateful for everything. I appreciate everything. I just want everybody to know that I am thankful, and whoever could help in any way, we would really appreciate that.”

 

Marion Ali

“They could reach you at –“

 

Brianna Conorquie

“They can reach me at 635 3378 – Brianna Conorquie on Facebook.”