A fire of unknown origin yesterday razed the home of a single mother and three of her five children at Lot 473 Samaroo Street, ‘B’ Field, Sophia around 3.20 pm.
Lorraine Martindale, 40, told this newspaper that she was a corner away at a friend’s home when she received a call that her house was on fire. Looking up to the sky, the distressed woman said, she saw thick smoke and immediately rushed home in a panic, uncertain of whether or not her children were harmed. Thankfully, she said, she met her children on the street.
Earlier that day, the woman explained, she sent her children off to school and left home around 9 am. She related that she worked as a domestic and usually her children would go