With a smile on his face he said “I saved a life today and some furniture” as he pointed to the matrass and some chairs outside as the fire service carried out cooling down operations.

Naquan “Brother” McNair was also a part of the rescue, “the two of us started and him (Diamonte) get out the lady and the things them and I tek out some too then a taxi man stop and come by and other people come by and start to help then the fire truck come”.

Paul Crawford a contractor who owns the house was not there at the time and he lives there with his daughter, his son and his baby mother who lives at the house. “I wasn’t here so I don’t know what happened, I was at work when I get the call. When I come I see the fire truck and everything burn up. I don’t know what to do now and the house was not insured” he said.

Annette Heslop the mother of Andrea Henlon was happy for the Diamonte who saved Andrea and said “Andrea is alright there now, it is a good thing this gentleman, the english man next door (Diamonte) was here because if it wasn’t for him she would have been burnt up (as tears flowed). I just have to give thanks”.

Dennis Roper of the Port Antonio Fire service explained the action of the fire service said “we responded to the call and when we got here we saw fire confined to the building at the board and concrete section which was very intense. We noticed that a house to the left side was in danger so we went from that section to protect that house. We ran out of water so we went and replenish and got the fire out. The estimated damage is $25 million but the cause of the fire is not known as yet. It was a five apartment house”.

The estimated damage is $25 million and the cause of the fire is not yet known. The Port Antonio Fire Service and Police are carrying out investigations