Two of the corpses recovered after the March 3 Camp Street prison fire bore signs of trauma that was not consistent with fire injuries, according to Fire Chief Marlon Gentle, who said the deaths warrant investigation.
Resuming his testimony before the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the fatal prison fire, Gentle, who stated that he is equipped with 15 years’ experience as an investigator in the Fire Service, noted that he has had many harrowing experiences during the length of his career but none compared to the reports he received of the scene on the day in question.
He spoke in particular of two bodies that were discovered in the aftermath; one was decapitated, as was mentioned by witnesses before, with the head located a fairly good distance away from the body; the other was in a slouching position, with intestines protruding. Gentle stated that the
