Region 2 health worker’s home destroyed in fire

Police in Regional Division Two, along with the Guyana Fire Service, are investigating a fire of unknown origin that destroyed the home at Queenstown Village, Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam).
The fire occurred at the residence of 25-year-old Vanlisha Warrick of Parcel 362, Queenstown. The one-storey wooden house was completely destroyed by the blaze.

According to Warrick, a health worker, she lived in the house with her seven-year-old son, Hadin Sooklall. Her brother, Orvin Warrick, and his wife, Adelina Jones, reside in a separate structure located about 40 feet to the back of the yard.
Warrick told investigators that at around 08:00h on Thursday, she secured her home and left for work, leaving everything intact. She later stopped at a salon in the same street after work and at about 17:40h, she was informed by her brother that her house was on fire.
Jones recounted that at about 17:30h, while preparing to go shopping, she observed smoke coming from the kitchen window of Warrick’s house. She then saw flames and immediately alerted her husband, who went to inform his sister.
The Guyana Fire Service responded and no injuries were reported.
An investigation has been launched.