On Wednesday August 7, 2024, about 12:50 p.m., officers from the Dennery Police Station were alerted to a house fire in Praslin, Dennery.
Upon arriving at the scene, the officers observed a 20-foot by 30-foot wooden structure fully engulfed in flames.
Personnel from the Saint Lucia Fire Service were also in attendance, working to extinguish the fire. Initial inquiries indicated that a male infant might have been trapped inside the structure.
Tragically, once the fire was contained, the Saint Lucia Fire Service personnel discovered the body of the infant, who had succumbed to injuries sustained in the fire. The infant has been identified as three-year-old Zayan Peter.
The Royal Saint Lucia Police Force extends its deepest condolences to the family of the victim.
SOURCE: Royal Saint Lucia Police Force
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Respect the dead by investigating this negligence. Overseas the guardians/parents would be in trouble with the law. This will continue happening to innocent children if we stop doing what’s necessary.
Lucian Highgrade for once I totally agree with you. Sympathise but also investigate. Some points in the story given by the family members do not make sense. How can a house completely go up in flames in a few minutes of stepping out to get something? Several persons were at home with the child: a grandfather or uncle, brothers. Why was no one was left to supervise the child? Finally, why did they have the firemen searching the bushes for the child when they knew the child was left asleep in the house? The first article that I read on this tragedy stated that AFTER searching the bushes to no avail, THEN they decided to search the house and that is when they found the charred remains of the child. Why didn’t they tell the firemen upon arrival that a child was left asleep in the house? Something does not add up.
Can you imagine the pain and suffering this child went through before passing? I vaguely remember a similar situation not to long ago, what happened in that case, because I heard nothing afterwards. People assume that all parents deeply love their children but that is not always the case, this should be investigated.
Very true. There is alot of abuse going on in some homes on the island. In some cases community members are quite aware, But no one says or does anything. Very sad.