A fire suspected to be electrical in origin completely razed a wooden building at Craig Public Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD), on Sunday morning.
The fire reportedly started at about 02:15h in the upper flat of the two-storey home and quickly engulfed the house.
The remainder of the house
The occupants of the house, Reni Parmanand and her daughter, Angela Parmanand, were awakened by the smell of smoke emanating from the upper flat of the house.
Without hesitation, they ran out of the house and raised an alarm. They were unable to salvage any household items from the burning building.
Guyana Times understands that fire tenders took a long time to arrive on the scene by which time, the house was completely engulfed.
When Guyana Times visited the scene on Sunday, the occupants had already left the premises.
Reni Parmanand, the owner of the house
Marva Williams, who lives next door, recalled that she was in bed when she was awakened to her neighbour, shouting “fire”.
“Well, last night I went sleeping and around like 2 o’clock I hear somebody calling for Marva fire! Fire! So, is when I look out through the window, upstairs was already in fire and the fire was coming out. So, I just picked up my children and we come outside.”
Williams indicated that the electricity was fluctuating prior to the fire and it is suspected that the fire might have been electrical
“Well last night (Saturday) we had blackout like two time. One around 23:30h and when I wake up like 2 o’clock it had the second one and around 02:15h then I hear the fire,” Williams explained.
An investigation has been launched into the cause of the fire.
