Woman identified in fatal Bank Hall house fire

The victim of the fatal house fire along Bank Hall Main Road, St Michael, on Friday afternoon has been identified as 51-year-old Shanell Smith.

Her body was discovered after officers from the Barbados Fire Service extinguished the blaze and examined the building.

A medical doctor visited the scene, examined the body and pronounced death. Smith was identified by a relative.

Police are appealing to anyone with information that may assist to contact the Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1800-8477, Police Emergency at 211 or the Black Rock Police Station at 417-7500. (PR/BT)