Eight left destitute after fire levels homes in Kingston
A travelling peddler, who is among eight persons left homeless after fire destroyed their homes at Fleet Street in Kingston on Friday, is pondering her next move after her goods and $16,000 – the last of her savings – were also lost in the blaze.
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«I don’t know what fi do. Is mi last money mi spend. A $30,000 mi spend fi go buy goods and mi nuh done buy yet,» said the woman, who gave her names only as Juliet.
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«The whole a mi money bun up, the whole a mi goods bun up,» she lamented as tears welled in her eyes.
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Juliet explained that she had just returned from Montego Bay, St James, with $16,000, which she had made while peddling goods in Ocho Rios, St Ann, and at a football match in Montego Bay between the Reggae Girlz and Paraguay.
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Noting that she sells items such as flags, horns and handkerchiefs at football matches, Juliet said she was looking forward to the return leg on Sunday at the National Stadium in Kingston, but that plan has gone up in smoke
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