A fire believed to have been caused by arcing and sparking has ravaged the home of a 56-year-old man at Phase 1 (B), Wismar, Linden, Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice).
The house was occupied by a family of five, which included three children, but no one was at home at the time of the fire. The building was also shared with four other individuals—his wife and 3 children.
The Wismar house on fire on Thursday
GFS officials stated that the fire spread to nearby combustible materials, which ignited and intensified the flames.
According to reports, the fire service received a phone call alerting them to the fire from a resident in the neighbourhood at about 12:24 on Thursday.
The house was a one-storey wooden and concrete building measuring 10 metres by 13.3 metres, this newspaper was told
