75-Year-Old Woman Perishes In Westmoreland Fire

75-year-old woman died in Westmoreland on Monday after her five room board house and shop was engulfed by flames.

Dead is Monica Kerr of Camp Savanna in the parish.

According to the Jamaica Fire Brigade, the Savanna-la-Mar Fire Station responded to a call at about 10:34 am that a building was on fire.

One unit from the Negril Fire Station and another from the Savanna-la-Mar Fire Station responded and carried out cooling down operations after the fire, which spread quickly and destroyed the building.

The charred remains of the elderly woman, who lost one of her legs some time ago, was found among the rubble.

The blaze is believed to have been caused by careless use of fire. The damage was estimated to be in the region of $3 million.