00:00I heard out loud like a foosh so I know there's no one else at home so while where I was sitting
00:06I saw like a fire reflection on this specific door right here because of the sheen on the door
00:14I saw the blaze so I ran to the kitchen and I saw it so I called my sister I said Brittany get some
00:21water so she came with the hose and we were trying to like cool it down. Family friend Dev
00:28Hornet Thomas said he ran to the assistance of the family when he heard screams for help.
00:58The fire has died long after that but the whole place was smoky after that.
01:02Miss Peters said despite having fire extinguishers on hand she became flustered by the turn of events.
01:09It's a traumatizing experience I must say because usually hearing these stories everybody
01:15will always say like oh if it happened to me I would do this and I will do that but
01:19when it's unexpected and in the moment I was flustered I won't lie the extinguishers were
01:25literally next to me and I did not know what to do.
01:28Owner of the house Tameka Cox said she remains thankful to villagers of Bonacord who assisted
01:35and commended the Crunk Point police and the Trinidad and Tobago fire services for their swift response.
01:42My kids and them one of my daughters came out and tell me the house on fire and I rush in open the
01:48door and get the guys and them on the block to open up the windows take off the curtains
01:53and get some of the smoke and the flames outside and um called we get onto um Crunk Point police
02:02we had swift response from Crunk Point police I must give the fire service a great great great command
02:11and I must say thanks to showing up fast.
02:15Ms. Cox said fire officers told her the hose and the head of the gas tank were in good condition.
02:22Ms. Cox also said Trinidad and Tobago National Petroleum Marketing Company Limited representatives
02:28have been lazing with her. TV6 News contacted MP's manager marketing and corporate communications
02:35Alexander Thomas who said MP is at this time lazing with the fire services on the matter.
02:41A representative from MP Tobago is also lazing with the family. Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.
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