A late evening fire in St. Andrew’s on Tuesday 26th July 2011 has left the community of Post Royal in mourning as an eight month old baby girl lost her life tragically.
25 year old Natoya Phillip reported leaving her eight month old in the company of two other siblings ages eight and five years old asleep just after 8 in the evening, and was about 5-hundred feet away when she noticed her home engulfed in flames.
Phillip reportedly left a candle alights in the 18ft by 16ft wooden structured two bedroom house. She was unable to save the baby who was trapped in the home by the time of her arrival.
The other two children, both boys, were able to evacuate the home. One of them however suffered minor burn injuries.
A police and fire investigation is continuing.