‘Dig deep’ to help fire victims

By Elaine Byrne

THE Portuguese Consul has made an emotional appeal to Islanders not to forget the victims of the Broadlands lodging house blaze.

Carlos Santos Costa has asked Islanders to dig deep and find cash to help them rebuild their lives. He said the generosity of Islanders has never been in doubt and described the £10,000 which was raised in just five days as overwhelming.

Tragedy struck a week ago today when the St Peter lodging house was gutted. More than 50 people were left homeless and around an additional 60 Islanders had to be evacuated from neighbouring properties. Mr Santos Costa said that the fire, which destroyed the building that many families called home and burnt everything they ever owned, was ‘catastrophic’.

‘This is why I would like to appeal to the community and our friends that, with your help, we can increase the donations already received by the Parish of St Peter. I am asking for the generosity of the banks, hotels, restaurants, clubs, supermarkets and others. Please, get together and collect funds to help those unfortunate families.’

Article posted on 21st July, 2008 - 2.59pm

Post a Comment on this Article

Your email address is never published nor shared. Required fields are marked *

Name *

Email *

Comment

Disclaimer: This comment area is moderated by the Jersey Evening Post, which aims to create a valuable forum for the expression of views by all who have an interest in Jersey. Contributors are expected to respect the opinions of others and all submissions may be edited. In particular, our policy is not to allow defamatory, gratuitously offensive, factually inaccurate or self-promotional statements to be posted. The moderators will not enter into e-mail correspondence about the editing of individual submissions.

You Say: View all recent comments.

If you wish to make a comment about this website, please use our feedback form.