Livelihood up in flames

FIREWORKS may have sparked a blaze that destroyed a small-appliance repair shop and another structure on Piccadilly Street, Port of Spain, on Friday night, cau­sing nearly half a million dollars in losses.

Assistant Chief Fire Officer of the Northern Division Gary Sookdeo said the cause of the fire had not yet been determined, but allegations involving fireworks formed part of the Trinidad and Tobago Fire Service’s (TTFS) investigation.

Sookdeo said the Wrightson Road Fire Sta­tion received several calls about a structure on fire on Piccadilly Street shortly before midnight. The Woodbrook Fire Station also responded and helped extinguish the blaze.