12 left homeless in mid-day fire at Richland Park
The burnt-out remains of the multi-family complex at Richland Park in which about 12 persons were left homeless. (Inset)Aaliyah Garrick and daughter, are among the 12 left homeless after the house fire at Richland Park.
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September 5, 2025

12 left homeless in mid-day fire at Richland Park

A fire that destroyed a multi-family complex in Richland Park on Monday has left at least 12 people homeless, including a 23-year-old mother of a six-year-old girl.

A section of the burnt-out multi-family house at Richland Park.

The mother, Aaliyah Garrick, told SEARCHLIGHT that on the day of the fire (Monday, September 1), she was in Kingstown when someone phoned her around 1:30 p.m. and told her that her home was on fire.

Garrick said she caught a van and when the public transport reached the Sion Hill area, she saw the fire truck speeding towards what she assumed was her burning home in Richland Park.

“…up to now me can’t feel good. I am somewhere else living where I’m not comfortable because I lost everything in the fire and I am not working at the moment,” Garrick told SEARCHLIGHT on Thursday, September 4, 2025.

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