Two-bedroom house destroyed by fire

Fire destroyed a two-bedroom house in St Philip on Friday afternoon.

Police said they were called to Rock Hall about 3 pm for a house fire.

Two fire tenders and eight personnel responded. The blaze was extinguished shortly before 4 pm.

The wooden house, owned by 52-year-old Otis Franklyn, was uninsured.

Police said the blaze also damaged a three-bedroom wooden house, owned and occupied by 53-year-old Vernese Alleyne.