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The man who died in a house fire at Westmoreland, St James, has been identified as 76-year-old Millington Donavan Drakes. Fire destroyed the house, which had a shop attached, just after 2 a.m. today. His daughter Cheryl Morris told Nation News she heard the news and arrived on the scene after 4 a.m. “He was generous. He had his ways, but he was generous. If he ain’t had he would …
The tragic loss of Millington Drakes who died in a fire at his Westmoreland, St James home in the wee hours of Wednesday came as a double whammy for his family.His children told reporters they were already in mourning following the recent death of their aunt when they learned the dreadful news of their 70-year-old father’s passing.Lawmen received a report around 2:06 a.m. that a house, which had a shop attached, was on fire. Three fire tenders responded to the incident and when police arrived on the scene, fire officers informed them that a body was inside the gutted building.When a Barbados TODAY team arrived at the scene after 11 a.m., Drakes’ children and relatives and other residents were looking on as policemen carried out investigations.