A fire erupted but was quickly extinguished at the Brickdam lockups yesterday after a prisoner lit a piece of toilet paper with a lighter he claimed to have found inside his cell, to deter mosquitoes that were biting him.
According to the police, when questioned about the incident that occurred around 06:40 hrs yesterday, prisoner Stephan Howard related that on entering the Brickdam lockups on Saturday, he discovered a lighter and a piece of toilet paper inside of the cell. He said because mosquitoes were biting him, he lit the piece of toilet paper and placed it on the cell’s door.
