The Public Relations Officer (PRO) for the Trinidad and Tobago Fire Service (TTFS) has confirmed the fire at the Licensing Office in Caroni on Sunday (26th November 2023), which destroyed more than a dozen vehicles, was a deliberate act.
Speaking to TTT News via telephone on Wednesday (29th November 2023), Dexter Hodge noted the Fire Service Personnel attached to the Fire Prevention Section, observed a burnt trail that led to a central vehicle. He said they also realized a burn pattern that radiated outwards from that single vehicle. According to Hodge, “They would have came to the conclusion that the fire was incendiary, which means that the vehicle did not self-combust and there was no spontaneous combustion with regards to the vehicle. It would have had some human intervention to cause the fire.” Watch video of the fire below.
According to reports, around 3:30am on Sunday, two (2) men dressed in dark-coloured clothing and hoodies exited a vehicle and jumped over a fence, gaining entry into the compound. They were then seen placing something under a vehicle, before throwing a liquid on it, which set it ablaze. The suspects then fled the scene in the vehicle that was waiting nearby.
Transport Commissioner Clive Clark said he learned of the blaze around 4:00 AM, after being contacted by personnel on the compound. Clark said the Security Officer on duty reported hearing an explosion prior to the fire. “During his patrol, he [security guard] observed there was a fire in the area where the vehicles are impounded,” Clarke said in a telephone interview with Guardian Media. While Fire Officers were able to get the blaze under control, the Commissioner said, “As a result of the nature of what they saw, the TTPS got involved.” Saying that the matter was now receiving the full attention of both the T&T Fire Service and the TTPS, Clark denied suggestions that the blaze was related to electrical maintenance work that was carried out at the location on Friday (24th November 2023). “It is not anything related to the electrical updates, which went smoothly,” he said.
Besides the damage to the impounded cars, the fire did not destroy any of the building’s infrastructure, but water damage was said to have occurred as a result of the efforts by firefighters to contain the blaze.
Clark added, “I do have some serious concerns with what appears to be the cause of that fire.” He pointed out that the entire compound was outfitted with CCTV cameras. “We would have gathered certain information which will be of interest to the TTPS,” he said. “It appears as though one vehicle in particular was targeted, and the fire would have spread from there.” No arrests have been made in relation to the incident, but Police and Fire Service Officials say investigations are ongoing into the fire.
More on this as it becomes available.
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