6 homeless after fire destroys 3 houses in Berbice
Six persons are now making alternative living after a fire destroyed three houses at Sisters Village on the East Bank of Berbice (EBB), Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) on Monday.
The fire was spotted shortly after 18:00h in a room in the upper flat of the building at Lot 28 Sisters Village, EBB but quickly spread to two other nearby buildings.
Sharmella Seekaram, who occupied the building where the fire started recounted that she and other family members were in the lower flat of the two-storey house when they were alerted of the fire.
The houses on fire on Monday evening
“Meh nephew run upstairs to see what happening and everybody say to take off the main switch…”
Seekaram said she initially ran out of the yard but went back inside and made her way to the upper flat of the house where she saw flames emanating from the ceiling in the front bedroom.
“Dem boys tell me to go back downstairs because they trying to out the fire. It start to blaze. The only thing that I could grab was my baby Bobo and I came outside,” she said as she broke down in tears.
The aftermath of the blaze
Meanwhile, due to the heavy winds, the fire spread to a second house owned and occupied by Nazim Danny. In addition, another house on the left of the burning building also caught fire but the blaze was quickly extinguished by firefighters attached to the New Amsterdam Fire Station.
“Everybody called the fire service but they take long. By the time they come the house is already finished and start on the other two buildings on both sides,” an occupant of one of the houses stated.
An investigation is underway.
