Family of seven homeless after Wisroc fire

Soyinka Peters-Johnson (sitting) being comforted by relatives

The extended Johnson family of seven no longer has a place to call home after an early afternoon fire completely destroyed their two-storey house at Wisroc Housing Scheme, Wismar, Linden yesterday.

Owner of the house Esme Johnson occupied the upper flat with a granddaughter Oneeka Johnson and another person. The owner’s son Leonard Johnson, his wife Soyinka and their two children occupied the lower flat.

Shortly after noon, Esme Johnson said, she was in her shop at the front of the yard at 184 Wisroc when she received a call from a neighbour. “I didn’t even understand what he was