Fire Chief Josiah Dupuis has announced that investigations are active in a fire in Portsmouth which took place on January 13 and therefore the cause is still not known.
That fire occurred at approximately 9:52 pm and consumed the Memory Lane Night Club, Cadrec, and a clothing store.
“The fire at Portsmouth, our investigation is still active and therefore we have not come to a conclusion with regard to the cause,” he revealed at a press conference on Wednesday. “I could probably indicate that I am very happy with what I have seen so far with regard to the investigative approach and the process that has been deployed …”
Dupuis said with regards to the cost of loss, “That is part of what we are still doing now, needless to say there has been essentially 100 percent loss for the three tenants of that particular area.”
According to Dupuis there was a fourth building, housing Mapau, that was also affected, but the loss was minimal.
“But again we could not at this point give you any figure with regards to the cost of damage,” he stated.
When asked about comparing a massive fire at Silver Lake, which took place on Box Day, and the Portsmouth fire Dupuis explained that no two fires are the same. The fire services concluded its investigation of the Silver Lake fire within hours of it taking place.
“Therefore, I am not surprised that the results from one fire versus the next would be different,” he noted.
Dear DNO,
Dominicans are to hypocrite critically hypocrite, in 2010 there was a fire in st. Aromant goodwill up to now the problem is still unsolved, even if a man came forward and testify saying that he is the arsonist, the fire in Portsmouth is yet to be solved up to this day, Yet the fire in bath estate was solved the same morning it occurred so what is it we are missing to comprehend the compression, Mr FIRE PUTTER we all know who you all are and you all will pay for it in due time with all your supporters, for I can tell U my brother PROVERBS 15: 3 says and I quote, THE EYES OF THE LORD ARE IN EVERY PLACE BEHOLDING THE EVIL AND THE GOOD
call the chief investigator skerrit, he can solve it in lest than a minute
A massive fire at silverlake took hours for investigation to complete but a small scale fire at porstmouth takes days.. Hmm
there is no advantage to gain or from this fire in Portsmouth as oppose to the one in silver lake so there is no need to rush the investigation this time around. all I will say is only in Dominica.
Will the people who have lost homes during this incident be recieving similar treatment to the Silver Lake residents? If not, then questions need to be asked why did the PM respond so quickly. Are some Dominicans more equal than others?
So the cause is still not known. When it was the fire up at silverlake the cause was revealed so quickly. How many families lost their homes. A couple days later the area was cleared by the PM. And the cause was so quick to come about. Mr Emmanuel house burn down. The cause took so long to come about. So wait. I guess if the PM had sent a pillar to clear d area the cause would have been found out already. So is only when Skerrit involved cause finding so quickly. Hmmmm. Look roro Wii.
Well, well, well. What a surprise. I thought the Frie and Ambulance Service, would have solved that one by now, like they did in Silver Lake. I guess Rome wasn’t built in a day after all.
If you can conduct a test on the ashes of the restaurant where the fire began, you will quickly find the cause of this fire. This is how fire experts as the Fire Department determine the cause of fires, whether it was set, arson or not.
The same could have been done at Silver Lake.
It have more than one truth then? Only in Toronto I guess.
But the fire in Silver Lake was bigger and was solved i a few hours, what the hold up?
Then ,Why was the silver lake fire investigation result so quick? We all know why[ But i say, The people who accept bribes to conduct wrong doings ,You are bringing a curse on yourself,and on your children, Remember ,The ways of a man is before the eyes of the lord,and whatever a man soweth, so shall he reap, I always say ,I think our national anthem should be changed to reflect what we are now , To
Isle of beauty , Isle of splendor, Isle to SOME so sweet and Unfair, [ And in the second verse]
And the people ,strong and healthy [With No Godly reverence fear]
Mr Dupuis,please get the arsonist to investigate the cause of the fire.
I feel sorry for the people who lost jobs and businesses from this tragedy. A Monitored smoke detection system could of possibly saved this 3 businesses from going up in flames. I do hope that the other business owners take heed from this.
Still? They need to get hold of Far…ley Riviere and Skerrit man! If Skerrit and Far-ley were brought on sight I bet they would get that investigation complete d an somebody with a backhoe, especially those from possie that replaced public works, to bulldoze the fire. Ian you and Reggie joking man