Five persons are now homeless after a fire completely destroyed a Port Mourant, Corentyne house on Christmas afternoon.
The debris after the fire that completely gutted the Ankerville, Port Mourant, Berbice home
At the time of the blaze, no one was at home.
The two-storey building located at Lot 193 Ankerville, Port Mourant, Berbice, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) was occupied by Ravichand Rama and his 30-year-old wife, Reshma Dindyal along with their three children.
Reports are that the couple left home along with their children at midday to visit Dindyal’s parents some six miles away and later received a phone call stating that the house was on fire.
When they arrived home, the entire building was engulfed.
Both the Rose Hall Town Fire Service and the Albion GuySuCo fire department responded.
However, by the time the firefighters arrived, the fire had already started to damage the building on either side of the engulfed home.
Swift action by the firefighters resulted in the blaze being contained to one building.
However, there was slight damage to the two other buildings.
Chandrawattie Deokharan explained that louver panels and a section of PVC guttering were destroyed on her wooden and concrete building.
“I was sitting on the verandah and I smell something burning and I go inside and check and I ain’t see anything and I come back on the verandah and when I watch over there, I see fire,” the pensioner related.
She said she then raised the alarm and neighbours came out but could do nothing since the fire was coming from inside the building which was secured.
The building is owned by an overseas-based Guyanese.
The Fire Service is investigating the fire. The Police have launched a separate investigation based on information that they have received. (G4)
