Mechanic homeless after West Berbice fire

One person is now homeless after a fire destroyed a two-storey building at Plantation Ross, Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice) on Sunday afternoon.
The blaze also destroyed five motorcycles and a generator belonging to customers of Leon Fraser, 45, a mechanic who lived alone at the lot 13 Plantation Ross.
Fraser told this publication that at about 13:30h on Sunday he was repairing a motorcycle when he heard shouts of fire. The father of one said that when he looked up he saw smoke coming from one of the widows and ran upstairs into the house, where he saw the mattress in his bedroom on fire.

“I try to pull it to throw it outside but I couldn’t make it; the heat was too much… I mess up. This is not my house alone – it’s siblings and they leave me to live here,” the mechanic who seemed confused said. “…I mess up, I does smoke,” he added.
Firefighters from the nearby Onverwagt Fire Station responded and were able to contain the blaze to the one building. Fraser said he has nowhere to live.
Persons wishing to make contact with him can do so on telephone number 6423727.