Fifth Drysdale St fire victim dies

Yolanda Cordis

Yolanda Cordis, the only survivor in the Drysdale Street, Charlestown fire that had claimed four lives including her two children two weeks ago, passed away on Friday night in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Hospital, her relatives said yesterday.

Her father, Derick Norton, stated that he received a call after 8 pm on Friday from hospital officials informing him that his daughter had died. The woman’s condition took a turn for the worse on Friday and doctors had informed her father that she had less than a 50 per cent chance of surviving, since she had sustained third degree burns.

Norton also said that the police had informed him that they