FIRE GUTS TWO HOMES, FOUR HOMELESS

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Two homes were destroyed by a fire early Tuesday morning leaving four people homeless.  The fire broke out at the home of a Ste Madeleine pensioner and quickly spread to her neighbour’s house.  Both families are pleading for any help they can get to rebuild their homes.  Our reporter Cindy Raghubar-Teekersingh visited both families and tells us what happened.

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00:00Fire, just fire, and it's blowing towards the back of the house.

00:05So the fire started in the back of her house and it spread to the back of my house.

00:1061-year-old Ina Harry lived here along First Street, Corinth Settlement, St. Madeleine,

00:16with her husband and grandson, a home that, after more than 30 years,

00:21burned to the ground around 2.30 a.m. on Tuesday

00:25when it caught fire from a blaze originating at her next-door neighbor's house.

00:4467-year-old Rashida Mohammed says she has no idea what might have ignited the blaze

00:50which consumed all of her belongings.

00:53In a way, she says she believes she was warned about Tuesday's tragedy.

01:23Next door, the Harrys say they tried desperately to stop the spread from affecting their home,

01:29but the blaze was too aggressive.

01:54She says the fire service took about 20 minutes to reach the scene,

01:58and when they did, focus was placed on Mohammed's home,

02:02and within an hour, both houses crumbled.

02:23I just do a little landscaping, right? I am unemployed. I'm a heart patient.

02:30So I cannot work, and I would gladly like to get any help of this sort from anybody,

02:38especially to build back my house.

02:41If you would like to assist, the Harrys can be contacted at 332-5499,

02:49or Mohammed can be reached on 350-3191.

02:55Sindhi Raghuba Tika Singh, TV6 News.

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