Fourteen without home after Wismar fire

The remains of the house

Fourteen persons are homeless in Wismar following a fire yesterday and residents blamed the current administration for not solving the age-old problem in the community where fire-fighters often respond to scenes but are unable to extinguish fires before the buildings are completely consumed.

The fourteen persons who are now homeless are Roxanne Mcturk, her children Suanne Morris, Annesia Mcturk, Keneshia Mcturk, Brian Morris and her grandson Shareef Fraser. Roxanne and her children lived on the second floor of the  two-storey building at Lot 774, One Mile Wismar, Linden while the eight other family members occupied the lower flat.

A distraught Roxanne said that the entire family has lost over $10M in valuables. The mother of five said she was