NA pensioner perishes in fire

Oscar Liddle

A New Amsterdam pensioner  died in a fire yesterday after apparently leaving his gas stove on.

Dead is Oscar Liddle, 75, of Pilot Street, New Amsterdam.

According to information gathered, the New Amsterdam Fire Service received a call just around 6 am yesterday informing it that the wooden house where Liddle resided was on fire.

Two tenders immediately responded to the fire and after some time the blaze was extinguished.