“Oh Lord, take my life!” – drunken man pleads as fire guts home

Residents of Kwakwani Park, Region Ten (Upper Berbice River) had to pull a drunken Kelvin Gordon from his burning home on Sunday morning before the structure was completely destroyed by fire.

The Police have said that at around 09:50h on Sunday, the single-storey wooden structure belonging to the 28-year-old Kelvin Gordon was on fire, but he was at the time lying on the stairway in an intoxicated state, yelling, “Oh Lord, take my life!”
Gordon was reportedly the only occupant of the building, and he allegedly is in the habit of consuming alcohol on a daily basis.
According to Gordon’s neighbour, a 62-year-old machine operator, on Sunday, at about 10:00h, he was at home when he sniffed something burning in the area. He immediately went to his verandah, and saw smoke emanating from Gordon’s home while the man was lying on his stairway in an intoxicated state, yelling: “Oh God, take my life!”
Neighbours rushed to Gordon’s home and removed him from the stairway, before forming a bucket brigade to battle the fire. Their efforts, unfortunately, were without success, because the fire spread quickly and consumed the entire building.
Police were later summoned to the scene, and Gordon was contacted and interviewed.
“He appeared to be highly intoxicated, and was unable to give vital information surrounding the fire,” the Police have said.
The origin of the fire is still unknown, but an investigation has been launched. (G9)