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Four houses damaged in blaze

Four houses damaged in blaze

May 3, 2024
1:36 pm

Four houses have been damaged and one person left homeless after an early morning fire at Codrington main road St. Michael.

Station Officer with the Barbados Fire Service, Damian Bayne, tells Starcom Network News their dispatchers received a call about the blaze around 3:39 this morning.

Station Officer with the Barbados Fire Service, Damian Bayne.

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