Family of 4 homeless after fire razes West Ruimveldt home
A late evening fire in West Ruimveldt, Georgetown, on Monday, has left a family of four making alternative living arrangements. The house was once occupied by Joseph Chinasammy, his common-law wife Zaleena Mohamed, her father, and their four-year-old son.
The house that was gutted by fire
Chinasammy, who was not home at the time when the fire started, told Guyana Times that after he saw his home on fire, he rushed to put out the blaze but his efforts proved futile as the blaze consumed the one-story house.
“By the time I come, I pelt couple buckets of water. Was bare fire. I couldn’t have get nothing; I had to call the ambulance,” Chinasammy recalled.
On the other hand, Mohamed said that she along with her son and her father were at home when the fire started. She explained that the fire started after an attempt was made to plug an electrical appliance into an outlet. As a result, the appliance exploded thus resulting in the fire.
“The thing that we plug in the point to, it explodes, and we started seeing some fire. I just stay out on the veranda until it stop, but it in stops until everything catch a fire in the house,” Mohamed explained.
The family had been living at the residence for the past three years, but according to Chinasammy, the property does not belong to them.
He said that his friend gave him permission to live on the property. The owner of the property remains unidentified. Losses are estimated in the millions.
