[UPDATED] D'Abadie/O'Meara MP Lisa Morris-Julian dies in fire

D'Abadie/O'Meara MP and Minister in the Ministry of Education Lisa Morris-Julian and two of her children died during an early-morning fire in Arima on December 16.

The fire destroyed the family's home on Farfan Street. Also dead are her six-year-old son and her daughter, 25. Her husband Daniel Julian and a family friend are in hospital.

The Prime Minister, Arima MP and Planning and Development Minister Pennelope Beckles, Energy Minister Stuart Young, Youth Development and National Service Minister Foster Cummings and Housing Minister Camille Robinson-Regis visited to console relatives.

More on this as it becomes available.