Gladstone Bucknor, Station Officer, Belize City NFS
"The Belama Phase 4 we received the call approximately 8:28 last night both stations were informed and both stations responded to that location and upon the arrival they observed a wooden structure engulfed in flames."

"The building was not, it was an abandoned building and the owner is Mr Eric Glen and he informed us that nobody lived in the building since November. They did not have any electricity or any utilities of that sort."

"Well the cause of the fire we have not determined that as yet but we know the location where it started on the Western side of the building from investigations and neighbors we gathered information that the back window was open on that day."

Reporter
"So somebody broke into the home?"

Gladstone Bucknor, Station Officer, Belize City NFS
"We can't say somebody had gone in, maybe the wind blew it in we don't know but they found it open."

"These abandoned buildings should something do occur in these abandoned building where it's next to a living quarters someone who actually lives there will cause devastation to them so it's something we need to look into and we don't want anyone to get burned out just because we got squatters who go randomly into buildings like that."

John Haylock, Neighbor
"No nobody was living at the time but there was a policeman that lived there before at least some months now, we even provided water for them because the pipe was still because it did not disconnect but when the fire came then I got this water cut off and disconnected the pipes because the water could have continued but all of a sudden we saw this big fire you know and I guess we don't know, we don't know so we can't say what we don't know right so."

"It was kind of strange that all of a sudden you see this big fire but fire is something very consuming so you know if the situation is where the fire could really extend right out then that is the result of it. But then you know that is how it was."