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Sascha Wil­son

A Princes Town com­mu­ni­ty is mourn­ing the death of a 67-year-old grand­fa­ther af­ter a blaze de­stroyed two homes and a wood­work fac­to­ry on Sat­ur­day night, reignit­ing calls for a func­tion­ing fire sta­tion in the dis­trict.

The fire, which start­ed around 7.30 pm at Third Com­pa­ny Vil­lage, In­di­an Walk, claimed the life of Gopaul “Fig­gie” Ram­nanan, who was burnt be­yond recog­ni­tion. Ram­nanan, who walked with a cane, was alone when the flames con­sumed the wood­en house he oc­cu­pied. His charred body was lat­er found on his bed.