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Family Says They’re Victims of Arson
posted (March 26, 2019)
Last night, we showed a house fire on JR Street in the Jane Usher Boulevard area of Belize City. A family of 6 lost everything in what they are tonight saying was an arson.

As we told you, just before midday, the home belonging to Austin Stevens; his common-law wife, Shakera Logan; and their 4 young children was seen completely engulfed in flames. Neighbors were worried about their safety, especially because Stevens and one of their young children left the house minutes before the thick smoke was seen coming from it.

The family was too distressed to talk with us yesterday, but this evening, Shakera Logan gave us an interview questioning why the arsonist targeted them:

Shakera Logan, Fire Victim
"Today we visited the fire station. The fire officer, the person in charged. He didn't know how to break it to us and tell us what really happened that someone put the house on fire. From I came back, because yesterday we ended up at the hospital as everything just happened so sudden like you are in a shock, you don't know how to believe that this is actually happening to you. You see people go through these but you don't know how they feel or what they are going through until you experience it. You would have to experience it to know how people actually feel and what they are going through - the pain, the suffering to have to rebuild, restart over. It's like you are a baby once all over again. You have to crep before you can walk."

Reporter
"By any chance you guys have any idea as to who would want to harm you and your family like this?"

Shakera Logan, Fire Victim
"That's the biggest thing, nobody knows. Everybody in this yard goes to work. The latest everyone leave from here is 9am. Nobody is at home until after 3pm. That's when the kids come, the adults come home. This is when everybody is home. Apart from that nobody is home`. WE live amongst friendly neighbours who looks out for each other. I don't understand. This is the biggest question: why?"

"I would want to ask the person face-to-face why you do something like this? what push you to the intention of doing it? You know how it feels to take away a home from 4 kids? You left a family on the street homeless. You know how it feels? Look what is left for me and my kids. There is nothing left. Just the clothes that we have on our backs, that's about it."

"I would want them to feel the way how I feel to know that when your kids come and ask you mommy where will we stay tonight, will we stay at granny? The explanation I have to give to them that they don't understand. For them to be a child they don't understand the situation what happened. They don't understand the crisis that they put you through to know you have 4 kids and you are homeless."

You would like to reach Logan and her family to offer any assistance in this time of great need, you can reach her at telephone numbers 663-3699 or 663-3719. Additionally, if you would like to make monetary donations, you can do so by sending it to her Holy Redeemer Credit Union account number, 000084118.

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