Stephen Court builder's granddaughter in trauma

Octogenarian Irene Harris, the granddaughter of Arathoon Stephen who built Stephen Court and a resident of the building, is in trauma after Tuesday's fire. 

"The sight of her grandfather's building, built a century ago, in flames left her worried and shaken and she went into a trauma," authorities of Sir Catchik Paul Chater Home, better known as Armenian Home, in Park Circus where she and her husband have found refuge, told PTI.

"What added to the shock was that the building caught fire on her birthday," Peter Hyrapiet, president of Armenian Club located in nearby Queens Mansions, said.

"She went to her flat in Stephen Court today to collect her belongings," he said. 

Eighty-four-year-old Irene whose grandfather, an Armenian businessman, who also set up the Grand Hotel here, and her 89-year-old Englishman husband Jimmy were in their second floor flat in the building when the fire broke out.