COMMUNITY COMES TO THE AID OF FAMILY WHO LOST HOME IN FIRE

Mon, Sep 6th 2010, 11:00 PM

By AVA TURNQUEST

Tribune Staff Reporter

aturnquest@tribunemedia.net

THE COMMUNITY of James Cistern, Eleuthera has banded together to ensure a family of six has a place to sleep tonight after their home was destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon.

After news spread through the settlement that 53-year-old Betty Blowes, her husband Livingston Rolle, and their children and grandchildren had lost their home -- residents pitched in to gather clothes, food and other supplies for their now displaced neighbours.

The fire was believed to have started in the kitchen of the 60ft x 30ft stucco building and quickly spread to the rest of the house burning it to the ground.

Angelo Bethel, a relative, ...

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