Jamaica: Tragic fire strikes Ray Ray Market once again, vendors suffer huge losses - WIC News

Source: WIC News
Author: Monica Walker

Jamaica: The popular Ray Ray market in downtown Kingston, Jamaica, was once again engulfed in a massive fire, which destroyed several stalls of local vendors. The incident took place on Tuesday morning, and the vendors expressed their sadness over the losses.

According to the information, this time, the blaze began shortly after 2 and in a matter of few minutes, the fire razed through several stalls at the location.

Superintendent for the Kingston & St Andrew division of the Jamaica Fire Brigade, Joshua Davis said that three units were sent to tackle the blaze along with a huge water tanker and the location had already completely engulfed when firefighters arrived at the scene.

It is to be noted that the Ray Ray Market is an almost yearly challenge for the firefighters in Jamaica who have been dispatched to the location every year to extinguish a huge fire.

Following the fire, several footage of the incident went viral on social media, showing the huge flames coming out of the place, which left everything in ashes.

Meanwhile, the citizens also took to Facebook to express their concerns over the fire, with several calling it an 'annual event'.

"We need to know who is benefiting from this. Year in and year out, they always light this place. Someone is benefiting why they are consistently doing it," wrote Smokie Jon, while another user claimed, "The PNP councilor done its because he wants to build a new market to impress the people who vote him in. Watch and see if my wrong politics mess up everything."