Fire destroys home rebuilt after Hurricane Melissa

Edgar Woodburn, 67, spent months rebuilding his home in Newport, Mandeville, Manchester, after it was damaged by Hurricane Melissa last October, and was finally looking forward to moving back in.

Instead, he is now trying to come to terms with the devastating reality that the house was reduced to ashes by fire the very night before he was to return.

“Mi nuh doing well at all. This just unreal and mi can’t believe,” Woodburn told THE STAR yesterday. Woodburn explained that he had not been sleeping at the house while extensive renovation work, which was now complete, was being carried out.