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SOURCE: TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO GUARDIAN: Shaliza Hassanali and Anna-Lisa Paul<\/strong><\/p>

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Ixiah Julian, the eldest son of D\u2019Abadie\/O\u2019Meara MP Lisa Morris-Julian, was forced to jump out of a window to escape the raging fire that claimed the life of his 48-year-old mother, his six-year-old brother Jesiah, and 25-year-old sister Xianne at the family\u2019s home at Farfan Street, Arima, yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During a telephone interview, former Arima MP and education minister Anthony Garcia confirmed that Ixiah, 17, \u201chad to climb through a window\u201d to save his own life.<\/p>

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Morris-Julian\u2019s husband Daniel and one of his daughters also escaped the blaze.<\/p>

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The deaths, Garcia said, had left Ixiah traumatised, in grief and distressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t want to press him too much under those circumstances. We want to give him time to grieve. We didn\u2019t want to bombard him with any questions. Of course, he is still shaken.\u201d<\/p>

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At the scene yesterday, relatives were too distraught to speak to Guardian Media, but onlookers, including several of her constituents, neighbours and friends, were seen openly crying over the tragedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLisa was a good soul. She is no more,\u201d Garcia said.<\/p>

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The Garcias and Julian-Morris families shared a close and unbreakable bond.<\/p>

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\u201cThe news came as a shock to me and my entire family. We were very much traumatised.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As news of the deaths spread, scores of Government officials, including Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley and Police Commissioner Erla Harewood-Christopher, visited the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scores of burgesses and even persons living outside of Arima soon gathered along Farfan Street, weeping and watching as fire and police officials combed through the still-smouldering remains of the gutted property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The blaze, which reportedly began at 5.30 am, quickly engulfed the house and trapped three of the eight occupants who were allegedly asleep at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bodies of Morris-Julian and her son Jesiah were found in a bedroom on the eastern side of the house; while her daughter Xianne was found in a bedroom on the northern side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Morris-Julian\u2019s husband was said to have sustained first and second-degree burns to the back, hand and head, and was taken to the Arima Hospital, where he was stabilised and then transferred to the Intensive Care Unit at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Mt Hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three other persons were said to have also suffered injuries and remained hospitalised yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking on in disbelief and shock, Cabinet ministers and the public alike wept openly as they mourned for the woman they described as one of the most helpful, loving and caring persons around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the ministers comforting one another at the scene were Energy Minister Stuart Young; National Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds; Education Minister Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly; Housing Minister Camille Robinson-Regis; Planning Minister Pennelope Beckles; Communications Minister Symon de Nobriga; Agriculture Minister Kazim Hosein; Social Development Minister Donna Cox; Youth Development Minister Foster Cummings; Public Utilities Minister Marvin Gonzales and Deputy House Speaker Esmond Forde.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arima Mayor Balliram Maharaj and Port-of-Spain Mayor Chinua Alleyne were also present, while former ministers and former mayors arrived to pay their respects and offer condolences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As several persons joined hands and prayed at the scene, the bar on the corner of the street, which remained locked due to the power outage as a result of the fire, began playing gospel music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even as fire officers doused the premises, upset members of the public complained about the alleged late response by the fire services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neighbour Shivan Mathura, who was first alerted around 5 am by his barking dogs, said he heard Morris-Julian\u2019s husband screaming for help to rescue the three who were trapped at the back of the house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said he rushed out of his house, which is obliquely opposite Morris-Julian\u2019s property, and heard the three victims crying and begging for help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He cried as he recalled contacting the Arima Fire Station, which is less than a block away, only to be told the lone fire tender was at the scene of a commercial fire at Manuel Congo and would not be able to respond immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a result, a water truck from the Arima Borough Corporation had to be utilised in the interim, as fire tenders from the Tunapuna Fire Station were dispatched to the scene. Mathura said the tragedy reinforced the fact that they need another fire truck in Arima.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe need two so in case one go and anything happen, it have one inside.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Claiming the entire street lived as one, he said, \u201cAll the neighbours tried to help but we couldn\u2019t get through because the fire was too high.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said Morris-Julian and her children were nothing but nice to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI could never say nothing bad bout Lisa.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While he stressed that it was not about ascribing blame, Mathura urged, \u201cWe hadda step up on the water trucks and them because it was an Arima Borough Council truck that had to come and it take long for the fire truck to come so we need more water and we need the fire trucks and them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He estimated that it took more than one hour for a fire tender to respond to the blaze. Mathura said the tragedy could have been avoided if a second fire tender had been able to respond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe husband run out bawling and the girls and them was bawling, and we couldna do nothing because the fire start at the back and come in the front.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added, \u201cIt take a while for the trucks to come to out that fire. We have a real problem with water in Arima and the fire trucks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking with reporters feet away from where the incident occurred yesterday, former People\u2019s National Movement (PNM) general secretary Ashton Forde also addressed the response, \u201cThe fire station is not even a block away.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pressed about concerns that fire officers had failed to respond in a timely manner, he claimed, \u201cI don\u2019t have a clue about the response \u2026 but what I do know is that they were not here on time. That\u2019s for sure. That is something else to be investigated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forde echoed similar concerns raised by residents living close by who believe the three could have been saved had the fire authorities acted faster and quicker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Setting aside his hat as Communications Minister for a moment, Symon de Nobriga struggled as he revealed, \u201cI am broken today. I have lost not just a colleague. I have lost a sister today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asked about claims that the fire service had not responded in a timely manner, he claimed information provided to him indicated they arrived 11 minutes after receiving the report.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said, \u201cI don\u2019t know that it can be truthfully said that there was a lack of a response but of course, in the midst of a tragedy, it is very easy to start pointing fingers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

De Nobriga urged persons to remember Morris-Julian as the loving and humble person she had been.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fire officials later defended their actions regarding response times, as they said they had no issues with water or fire-fighting equipment\u2014but as one person admitted, upon arrival, they found the house to be well-engulfed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also addressing the media at the scene was Harewood-Christopher, who extended condolences to the relatives of the Morris-Julian clan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After being briefed by officials, the top cop assured investigations would continue apace and that it would be given the appropriate priority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The remains of the three were taken to the Forensic Science Centre, St James, where autopsies were conducted to determine the exact cause of death.<\/p>\n

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