Six persons are now homeless after a fire destroyed their Corentyne home on Monday afternoon.
Twenty-two-year-old Nazeema Shivmangal, a government part-time 10-day worker attached to the Gilbralter-Fryish Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) lived in the two-storey wooden and concrete 3-bedroom building situated at the Lot 2 ‘D’ Fyrish Village, Corentyne, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) home along with her husband and their three children, ages three, seven and eight along with her brother.
The aftermath of the fire
According to Shivmangal, she was not at home when the house went up in flames. She said she left work and went to picked up two of her children from school after which they went home.
“The door was locked and I told them not to go in the house but to take clothing from the line. I tell them that I going to the back street to their father and come back.”
She said before she could get to the next street, she encountered a cousin who showed her that fire was coming from a building in the vicinity of her house.
“Before we could meet back, the whole upstairs on fire. Everything for me destroy. All my furniture, everything that I owned; my clothes, my children clothes, my TV, my fridge, my washing machine, my bed…”
An electric bike was also destroyed in the inferno.
The family had been renting the building and moved into it last year.
“I don’t have anywhere to go, I don’t have anything left,” the distraught woman said.
The fire department was alerted and a unit from the Rose Hall Town Fire Station responded.
“The fire service tried all the best that they could do but the house was very old and the breeze was blowing so it burn quick,” Shivmangal said.
Meanwhile, Divisional Fire Officer Clive McDonald said the fire was caused by an electrical issue.
Nevertheless, persons wishing to make contact with the family, can do so by telephone number 650-4928.
