Jocelyn Dow loses home, businesses displaced after Charlotte St fire

The remains of the second floor, where Jocelyn Dow’s paintings and other art were kept.

Businesswoman Jocelyn Dow lost her home, while several businesses were displaced after a fire ripped through her three-storey property at Charlotte Street early yesterday morning.

While the second and third floors of the Lot 173 Charlotte Street property were gutted by the fire, the bottom floor, which housed several businesses, was saved and firefighters were praised both for their quick response and preventing the flames from spreading to neighbouring structures.