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More than a dozen members of a family were left homeless after a fire gutted their residence at 663 East Ruimveldt, Mandela Avenue yesterday. At the time of the fire none of the occupants was at home.The house ablazeAccording to one of the residents, Vanessa Braithwaite,Cheap Jerseys China, she went home to pick up clothes from the line and to have lunch at midday.When she was finished she secured the house before returning to work at the East Ruimveldt Secondary School. Hours later,Wholesale Basketball Jerseys, she received a shocking phone call that caused her to her sprint home. “They tell me the house on fire.”An emotional Braithwaite said that she has three children,NFL Jerseys From China, aged two, six and nine.“All I have now is the clothes on my back; everything gone…how I making out tonight?”She further revealed that the house was divided into three apartments; her niece Natasha Kippins also has three young children aged six, four,NFL Jerseys Clearance, and a one-year-old who also lived in the house with her “child father”, along with her brother Samuel Braithwaite and another sister, Esther Braithwaite.Sixteen-year-old Melisa Thom and 14 -year-old Merissa Kingston also resided at the house.Eyewitnesses said that the fire started after neighbours lit a fire at the back of the house to burn something.It was also noted that there were no electrical connections to the house,Cheap Jerseys, however there was electricity in the building. Fire fighters also questioned whether any electrical appliances were left on in the home. Vanessa Braithwaite said that this was not the case.It was further disclosed that the owner of the house is Eslyn Braithwaite who lives at 751 East Ruimveldt. She is the mother of the mother of Vanessa,Cheap Jerseys, Samuel and Esther Braithwaite. |
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