{"id":2149,"date":"2019-02-08T18:01:22","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T18:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westernmirror.com\/?p=2149"},"modified":"2019-02-08T18:01:25","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T18:01:25","slug":"55m-dollar-blaze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/?p=2149","title":{"rendered":"55m dollar blaze"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Shamir Brown<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A fire that lit up\nthe night sky on Wednesday in Montego Bay had disastrous effects for a number\nof residents and commercial structures along Hart Street, resulting in over 55\nmillion dollars in losses for one establishment.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fire, for which the cause is yet to be determined, destroyed John John\u2019s Auto, a section of Duggie\u2019s Meat Mart, and completely gutted a house that was to the rear of the meat shop. Though reports are that no one was injured in the massive inferno, four persons were left homeless as a result of it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The back section of Duggie\u2019s Meat Mart, pictured here in the aftermath of Wednesday\u2019s massive blaze.<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The fire is said to have started minutes to twelve in the\nhouse and quickly spread throughout the building. Preliminary investigations\nrevealed that fire\u2019s rapid spread was aided by the house\u2019s board construction.\nResidents were unable to save any valuable from the blaze. It later spread to\nthe meat mart, completely devouring its board portion, before stalling when it\ncame in contact with the concrete portion of that establishment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

JOHN JOHN\u2019S AUTO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

John John\u2019s Auto proved not to be as fortunate though, as\nthe fire, which was next door to the popular auto parts store, completely\nbypassed the dividing wall. Firefighters theorize that the flames and intense\nheat, after making it over and through the wall, ignited some of the auto parts\nthat were atop a container, and eventually spread throughout the building. What\nremains now of John John\u2019s Auto are just the charred remnants of once viable\nparts, now completely useless as a result of the fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Firefighters were quick on the scene after receiving the\ncall at 11:55p.m., and responded with three units from the St James division.\nIt is reported that upon arrival, they were greeted with a massive blaze. An\noperation was quickly undertaken and using four jets, the blaze was brought\nunder control. That four-hour ordeal by the firefighters ensured that the fire\ndid not spread to other adjoining properties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FIRE ORIGINS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While fire investigators revealed that it is too early to establish the fire\u2019s direct cause, they are exploring a number of clues to aid them in fast tracking that process. Residents, however, have posited their own theories as to the cause of the destructive inferno. According to some, there was a power outage sometime before the blaze, which they are speculating could have contributed to the fire\u2019s origin. Other residents suspect that the fire could have been deliberate, despite offering no conclusive evidence to support that theory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The house where the fire started was also destroyed.<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The fire department has disclosed that in short order, they\nshould be able to provide an update on the cause of the fire. It is uncertain\nif any of the affected properties were insured.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The fire, for which the cause is yet to be determined, destroyed John John\u2019s Auto, a section of Duggie\u2019s Meat Mart, and completely gutted a house that was to the rear of the meat shop. Though reports are that no one was injured in the massive inferno, four persons were left homeless as a result of it. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1138,271,1070,1136,1137,1135,19],"class_list":["post-2149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-blaze","tag-fire","tag-fire-brigade","tag-hart-street","tag-inferno","tag-john-johns-auto","tag-montego-bay"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2149"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2153,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2149\/revisions\/2153"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}