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THE HERALD FRIDAY JANUARY 6 2017
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Musician loses everything in dramatic fire
Up in flames: The rapper’s caravan on fire A RAPPER from Haverfordwest
has told The Herald how he lost everything in a dramatic caravan fire on Boxing Day morning. The blaze in Cwmpengraig, near
Newcastle Emlyn, was thought to have been caused by a chip pan. Kerne Spiralson, known to local
music fans as M-Power, says that he wishes to promote the dangers of chip pans. Speaking to The Herald on Monday (Jan 2), he said: “The fire
Burnt to ashes: What was left of the caravan
was quite devastating. There were 4m high flames; I was just in shock. “I couldn’t really think. Someone
staying in a neighbouring caravan used his quick thinking and cut the gas bottle off and dragged it away, thereby avoiding a potential explosion.” He added: “I’ve been living in
that specific caravan for a year and a half. The things inside were all my possessions collected over the last eight years. My girlfriend was luckily away with family at the time.
“I owned the caravan, and rented the land it was parked on.” It was only a matter of minutes
until the LE Mistral GT caravan was reduced to a pile of smouldering ashes.
People at the campsite tried to
fight the fire with extinguishers and water. However, the blaze took hold so fast and the location was so remote that residents decided there was no point in calling the fire brigade.
Friends of Mr Spiralson have set
up a GoGetFunding page to try and get the musician new accommodation and basic essentials. So far, nearly £1,000 has been raised on the crowdfunding website.
Walker saved in the ‘Nikon’ of time
Rescue underway: Chopper 187 at Martins Haven to assist stranded walker (Pic. HM Coastguard) A WALKER, who was cut off
by the rising tide, was saved his quick thinking and his camera’s flash between Marloes and Martins Haven last week (Dec 29). Emergency services were notified
just after 3pm in an operation involving the RNLI, local coastguards and a rescue helicopter. The alarm was raised by the crew
of a fishing vessel who spotted a male frantically using his camera’s flash to try and gain attention. A post on Broad Haven
Coastguard’s Facebook page said: “Team paged to Martins Haven to a
casualty cut off from the tide at the bottom of a cliff.” Little Haven RNLI volunteer
crew member Matthew Ford told The Herald: “I was on the lifeboat for the call out. The man was walking from Marloes towards Martins Haven and got cut off by the rising tide. “A passing fishing vessel noticed
a flash which he used on his camera trying to get somebody’s attention. He was looking at the cave as he was thinking he would have to spend the night there. “The sea conditions and rocks in the sea made it too difficult to retrieve
him in the boat and the cliff face was too loose for a cliff rescue. It was decided that a helicopter was the safest option.” The HM Coastguard added:
“Rescue Helicopter 187 was tasked to assist the casualty and a member of the RNLI lifeboat crew. They were both winched back to the waiting coastguard team. “The casualty was medically
assessed and found to be fit and well, just a little un-nerved given the circumstances. A fantastic job by both the coastguard team, and Little Haven lifeboat crew.”
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