Barbados Fire Claims Six Lives
September 6, 2010
CaribWorldNews, BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Sat. Sept. 4, 2010: Barbadians are today trying to come to grips with a robbery arson that last night claimed six lives.
The fire was believed to have been started by two men armed with machetes, who robbed the Campus Trendz store in Tudor Street. The two reportedly threw an incendiary device into Campus Trendz just before 7 p.m., after taking an undisclosed amount of cash.
The fire, according to Barbados News reports, then engulfed the two-storied building along the busy shopping street, trapping several inside.
Six were later confirmed dead including 18-year-old Shanna Griffith, a toddler and five other women believed to be staff and customers. The robbers who are believed to have started the blae remain on the lam.
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