Fire destroys four businesses in Portland
Published:Tuesday | March 7, 2023 | 9:45 AM
Four shops were mysteriously gutted by fire in the Fairy Hill community in Eastern Portland Tuesday morning.
It took firefighters more than two hours to contain the blaze that destroyed the livelihoods of four business operators.
Firefighters from Port Antonio say that they responded to a fire call about 4 a.m.
However, when they arrived on the scene, fire had already engulfed the buildings which were close to each other.
The cause of the fire is still unknown.
Yesterday residents of the community had staged protests and blocked the roads over a dust nuisance, the road conditions and lack of water.
-Gareth Davis
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