Fire at Rocky Point Seafood restaurant leaves 24 jobless
CLARENDON, Jamaica — Twenty-four people have been left jobless after fire gutted the popular Rocky Point Seafood restaurant in Clarendon early Monday morning.
The fire, which began shortly after 4:00 am, damaged the main building and the main dining area.
Deputy Superintendent in charge of the Fire Brigade Clarendon Branch, Dennis Lyon, said they received a call five minutes after the blaze started.
“The brigade received a call of a building on fire at White Sand Beach, Rocky Point. On arrival, the restaurant and reception area were engulfed in flames. The brigade got into operation and was able to bring the fire under control, [it] was subsequently extinguished. We are concerned because there are two buildings on the property and both were destroyed and they were not in proximity of each other,” he said.
Up to noon, investigators were still at the scene doing further assessments to determine the cause of the fire.
In December, a section of the property was destroyed by fire. It was later refurbished. However, that same structure was once again completely destroyed in Monday morning’s fire.
