GPF donates to Lance Corporal after fire guts home

Two days after a fire destroyed her home, Police Lance Corporal Khemwantie Persaud is trying to pick up the pieces and rebuild with her family, as she contemplates their next move.
The Lance Corporal was not at home when a fire of unknown origin ripped through her one-storey concrete building located at Lot 33 Anna Catherina South, West Coast Demerara (WCD) on Sunday.
The flames, which threatened neighbouring buildings, was brought under control by firefighters, but nothing was salvaged from the burning building.
However, ranks in Persaud’s Division were not planning to let their colleague face the aftermath alone. According to Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) Police Commander Simon McBean, ranks of the Division are doing their best to offer more than moral support.
He added that together with others within the Guyana Police Force (GPF), they will be pooling funds and necessary supplies, to assist Lance Corporal Persaud in starting afresh.
“We from the divisional level are working to see how we can and will assist the Police rank whose home went up in flames. We from my division will see what we can do to help her get back on her feet. Also, we are talking with authorities of the GPF to see how the Force itself will be able to help her outside of providing moral support,” Commander McBean noted.
The Commander posited that Persaud would receive the Force’s full support; she is the second member of the GPF whose home was gutted by fire in 2019.
Back in April, the home of G Division (Essequibo Coast-Essequibo Islands) Commander, Crystal Robinson was destroyed by an early-morning fire.
The Lot 154 Back Street, Stewartville, WCD home was engulfed by intense flames which prevented firefighters from saving household items and three vehicles that belonged to the Commander.