A late Friday evening inferno at South Ruimveldt, Georgetown has left a taxi driver making alternative living arrangements. That fire, which reportedly started at about 21:00, has destroyed a one-storey building at Canal Place Squatting Area in South Ruimveldt, Georgetown.
The house that was destroyed by the fire
When Guyana Times visited that area on Saturday, residents related that they had noticed an unusual brightness emanating from the wooden-and-concrete house which had been occupied by the taxi driver, but he had not been at home at the time. They said that upon investigating, they discovered the house engulfed in flames. The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) had been summoned to the area, but by the time the tenders had arrived, the building had already been reduced to ashes.
According to residents, the house had reportedly belonged to the taxi driver’s relatives who currently reside overseas. This publication was told that the property had been under legal dispute, and the driver had been due to address the matter in court. Despite not having seen any unusual movements prior to the fire, some suspect that the building had deliberately been set alight.
Up until news time on Saturday, the Guyana Fire Service had not issued details from its preliminary investigations into the inferno.
