Philipsburg:---On Friday February 6th the police department on Statia recieved a call informing them, that a house located on the Tijgerweg was on fire. The fire department and police patrols were directed to scene to investigate the matter. On the scene the patrol noticed that the home owned by the man with initials M.C. was totally engulfed in flames and that this fire had the possibility of spreading to other nearby buildings.
The traffic in that area was rerouted in order for the fire department to carry-out their work effectively. However the fire was so intense that it spread to the roof a nearby unoccupied building.
It took the firefighters approximately two hours to put out the blaze. However even though endless effort by the fire department the house in question was completely destroyed by the fire.
The unoccupied building that had also caught fire suffered minor damage. No one was injured. The acting division head of Statia, Inspector Q. ROGERS, was also on the scene. According to the Acting Head of the Fire Department. Mr. TEARR the cause of the maybe because of faulty electrical installation.
