$2.5 MILLION FIRE

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A $2.5 million fire in Tobago, this time in Mt. Pelier. The four bedroom villa  Zatara Escapes was 95 % destroyed by fire on Monday night, this comes on the heels of an arson attack on Monday where four cars and a structure were destroyed by fire. More from  Elizabeth Williams.

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00:00Tracey McVean Garcia, a 61-year-old businesswoman of Adelphi Heights Mason Hall, said that around

00:0711.06 p.m. on Monday, she received information that her guesthouse, Zatara Escapes, located

00:15in Montpelier, Tobago, was on fire.

00:17A few minutes later, she arrived at the premises and saw it enveloped in flames.

00:23The fire service arrived on the scene a short while later.

00:27Ms. McVean Garcia said her four-bedroom villa was completely destroyed.

00:33One neighbor told TV6 what she experienced.

00:58The smoke began to get stronger, so I was in my bedroom.

01:06The woman said her room was filled with smoke.

01:09I had to go outside to get some air because the whole room started to get smoky.

01:16So when I went outside, then I realized that the smoke was coming from down below in the

01:27gully by me.

01:28And then I said, no, it has to be the guesthouse that is on fire, right?

01:35So you know, I woke up my sons and I told them, I said, let's go down the road and see

01:40what's going on.

01:42So when I came down, I saw the villa was engulfed in flames.

01:50The estimated loss is $2.56 million and comes on the heels of a fire in Golden Lane, Tobago,

01:57on Monday, where four cars were torched.

02:00Tobago police are investigating.

02:02Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.

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