A fire of unknown origin has completely destroyed the upper flat of a two-storey wooden-and-concrete building at Lot 16 Enmore Hope, East Coast Demerara on Wednesday.
The fire reportedly started at about 14:11h, and the Fire Department was immediately contacted, thus resulting in a water tender and crew from the Mahaica Fire Station, along with water carrier from the Melanie Fire Station being dispatched to the location.
The GFS stated that the building was owned by 50-year-old Khemaragie Kellawan, and was occupied by her, her husband and young son.
As a result of the fire, the building and its contents were destroyed. However, firefighters were able to prevent damage to a nearby building that was threatened by the blaze.
The purported cause of the fire is an electrical fan left plugged in, which overheated and ignited, and the flames spread to nearby combustible materials. Nevertheless, the fire was extinguished.
Less than two weeks ago, a fire of unknown origin completely gutted a house at 2nd Street, Foulis, East Coast Demerara.
It was reported that the GFS received a call with respect to the fire at Lot 67 Second Street, Foulis, ECD, and water tenders from the Melanie and Mahaica Fire Stations were immediately dispatched to the location.
“The structure involved was a one-storey wooden building owned by 44-year-old Balram Singh, which he occupied with his family of three,” the Fire Service has said.
At the time the fire started, Singh was reportedly at the Shine Taxi Service base, which is a stone’s throw from his home. He was informed of the fire, and the Fire Service was summoned to the scene, but by the time the fire was extinguished, the building and its contents were destroyed.
Two houses located on the eastern and western sides of the burnt building were also affected by the fire, and three vehicles belonging to 43-year-old Poramraj Singh, which were parked under his building, were destroyed by the fire.
The Fire Service has said that two jets working from Water Carrier #17, and subsequently two jets working from Light Pump #104 via an open water source, were used to extinguish this fire.
