A FAMILY of six of lot 101 Wisroc, Linden now have a bleak Christmas as they are counting losses in the millions after their three-bedroom concrete home went up in flames Wednesday night.Matriarch of the home, Renee Bridgelall is nursing severe burns to her hand that occurred while narrowly escaping from the back room with her four young children.

“I just wake up and see the house in flames because I was trapped in the back bedroom with the kids, cuz they were sleeping and I was sleeping and was fire all over, so I had to grab them to come out through the window,” Bridgelall said.

The fire occurred a little after noon and her husband Dwayne Fraser was not at home at the time. When he returned he saw his home flattened but was happy that no one lost their life.

The house belonged to Fraser’s mother who lives overseas. Nothing was saved and even the butcher shop that the family operated at the side of the house was burnt. By the time fire tender reached the home, it was already badly burnt. According to one of the firemen, the origin of the fire is unknown and investigations are ongoing.