Investigators from the National Fire Authority (NFA) have started work on two fires that destroyed two houses in the Central/Eastern Division on Sunday (16th March, 2025).
At 2.42pm, the NFA Command Centre received a call through 910 emergency line from a member of the public informing them about a property fire at Grantham Rd, opposite Rups, at Raiwaqa.
The duty crew at Suva Fire Station responded immediately with 2 trucks and 8 officers and arrived at the scene at 2.48pm to find a corrugated iron fully engulfed in flames.
The crews immediately established 2 deliveries of 2 lengths each and by 5.20pm managed to extinguish the flames.
The duty officer at the scene later informed the command centre that a woman had been found dead in the house.
On-site investigations found that the house was occupied by a couple and 5 children when the fire started.
The father evacuated all the children outside and tried to rescue his wife, but the
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