A 17-YEAR-OLD TEENAGER IS EXPECTED TO APPEAR BEFORE AN ARIMA MAGISTRATE TOMORROW, MONDAY 13TH JUNE, 2022, CHARGED WITH CAUSING THE FIRE WHICH PARTIALLY DESTROYED A CHILD SUPPORT RESIDENCE IN TACARIGUA, EARLY ON THURSDAY 9TH JUNE, 2022.
SHORTLY AFTER 1AM, A SECURITY GUARD ON DUTY AT THE PREMISES NOTICED THE TEENAGER BEHAVING IN AN ERRATIC MANNER, DESTROYING ITEMS ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE OFFICE.• THE TEENAGER IS ALLEGED TO HAVE PULLED SOME “EXPOSED” ELECTRICAL WIRES WHICH CREATED A SPARK AND A FIRE. THE OFFICER, A POLICE REPORT SAID, ATTEMPTED TO EXTINGUISH THE BLAZE BUT SUCH ATTEMPTS WERE UNSUCCESSFUL.
• THE FIRE SERVICES WERE CONTACTED AND OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO BRING THE BLAZE UNDER CONTROL.• THE 18 CHILDREN AT THE RESIDENCE HAD BEEN EVACUATED BY STAFF MEMBERS BEFORE THE BLAZE STARTED AND THEY WERE LATER TRANSFERRED TO THE ST. DOMINIC’S CHILDREN’S HOME.
