By Prior Beharry
A 67-year-old man perishes in a fire at Charford Court, Charlotte Street in Port of Spain on Wednesday night.
Edward Rondon died in the fire at Building F while Joan Gibson was rescued and is being treated at the Port of Spain General Hospital.
Three other families have been affected by the blaze.
Minister of Housing and Urban Development Camille Robinson-Regis has extended condolences to the family of the dead man.
In a release on Thursday, she said, “Our thoughts and prayers, as well as support, go out to the three other families whose apartments were affected, they can be assured that officials from both the Health, Safety and Environment as well as the Social and Community Departments are conducting damage assessments and will do everything in our power to assist our tenants and remediate the apartments in the shortest time.”
Robinson-Regis commended the firefighters for valiantly doing their duty. She said, “Officials from both the Health, Safety and Environment as well as the Social and Community Services Departments will visit the development today to conduct interviews and damage assessment and will work with the tenants who were affected in the adjacent apartments.
“Our information is that the fire began shortly after 10 pm on Wednesday and the Trinidad and Tobago Fire Service (TTFS) attended to the blaze as expeditiously as they could but sadly were unable to save Mr Rondon.
“We will continue to provide assistance to the affected residents even as we await further information as to the exact cause of the fire.”
