70-y-o woman killed in fire
Published:Saturday | August 28, 2021 | 5:22 PM
Rasbert Turner/Gleaner Writer
Gloom hangs over the Marlie Acres community in Old Harbour, St Catherine, following the fiery predawn death of a 70-year-old resident.
Dead is Madge Davis, otherwise called Madgie, of 139 Cedar Drive.
The Old Harbour Fire Department reported that personnel received a call about 1:04 on Saturday morning.
A team responded and found the 10-room concrete dwelling engulfed in flames.
Firefighters from the Spanish Town station assisted in extinguishing the blaze.
Davis' charred remains were found among the rubble.
Residents were shocked to learn of her death.
"Right now, mi have food and mi can't even eat," Ashanti Scully said. "The woman was very hard-working, so mi never expect dat she woulda dead so."
Other residents said that the deceased was an usher at her church, Refuge Temple, and that her sudden demise has shaken the congregation.
"Even the pastor is in a state of shock," said Mildred Manning, a resident.
Davis was said to have lived alone.
District officer for the Old Harbour Fire Station, Hopeton Johnson, said the estimated damage was $13 million.
The house was not insured.
The Old Harbour police have launched an investigation.
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