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  • 11 months ago

The Public Utilies Minister says that neither the Fire Service nor the Fire Service Association is acknowledging his statement that water was available to respond to the fire in which Minister Lisa Morris-Julian and her two children tragically died.

Juhel Browne has the details.

Transcript
00:00After the memorial service in honor of Minister and MP Lisa Morrish-Julian at the Education
00:05Ministry Tower on Tuesday, Public Utilities Minister Marvin Gonzalez initially told the
00:10media he did not want to add to his statement earlier in the day in response to a statement
00:15by the Trinidad and Tobago Fire Service on Monday regarding its response to the house
00:20fire in which the minister and her two children tragically died.
00:25But when Minister Gonzalez later spoke with TV6 News via telephone, we sought further
00:30clarification about his written response to the fire service which said on Monday that
00:35upon the arrival of the firefighting crews, a request was made for additional water supply
00:41due to a lack of water in the area, a claim the minister has denied.
00:55The Public Utilities Minister then spoke about questions posed by the Prime Minister
01:12when he arrived at the scene of the fire.
01:36The Public Utilities Minister said he also enquired into the matter.
02:06The Public Utilities Minister said there is an increase in the supply of water by
02:13over 100% from the Hollis Water Treatment Plant due to an increase in rainfall in the
02:19Valencia area.
02:50The Public Utilities Minister repeated his call for the fire service to retract its claim
03:06about the issue of water supply.
03:08Jewel Brown, TV6 News.
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