Firefighters from three stations responded to a fire on Coronation Street in the city center after 11pm, which destroyed a dollhouse and damaged neighboring houses. The regional fire service of St. John’s confirmed that there was a man in the house at the time of the fire and that he was sent to the Health Science Center after first aid was called. The Telegram reports that the man died as a result of the fire. Meanwhile, police and firefighters responded to a deadly collision between two vehicles on Pitts Memorial Drive around 12:45 on Sunday. Newfoundland Royal Police said the accident was under investigation and asked all witnesses to contact police.
“The house just went up”
Taylor Bartlett witnessed the house fire Saturday night as she walked out of her house to find flames spitting from a nearby stone house.
“My neighbor was pulling a man out of the house who was just trying to run back because his brother was in there,” said Bartlett, who spoke by telephone Sunday morning.
A neighbor ran to the burning house to save a man on Saturday night. Another person inside the house was killed, The Telegram reported. (Submitted by Taylor Bartlett)
She said her neighbor entered the house and found a man on the main floor, pulling him to safety.
But within five minutes, he said, the entire building was completely submerged, with another man still inside.
“The house just went up,” he said. “The vinyl siding just melted on the side of the house. It was really scary.”
Police are investigating the fire and remain at the scene Sunday morning. (Submitted by Taylor Bartlett)
Barlett said firefighters had been working to extinguish the blaze for hours and some of her neighbors had been evacuated overnight.
She said the man who died lived in the house for about 40 years.
The RNC fire department is on the scene Sunday morning. The causes of the fire are still under investigation.
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