Security guard, family homeless after Corentyne fire

Four persons are now homeless after a fire on Tuesday afternoon destroyed their home at Eversham Village, Corentyne, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne).
Shondel Hopkinson, a security guard who occupied the one-bedroom home with her husband and two children, said she was in New Amsterdam on Tuesday afternoon when she heard of the fire. At the time, no one was at home.
The woman told the media she had left everything in order when she left home, and by the time she reached home after learning of the fire, the entire building was completely destroyed. “Because I wouldn’t go out and leave the stove or anything on!” the woman said.

She disclosed that she has lost everything in the fire, including the “Because We Care” cash grant she recently received for her two children.
Initial investigations suggest that the fire may have been electrical in nature.
“They said it was an electrical fire, and that the wire that I used to get electricity from the neighbour…I dunno if it was an overload, a power surge or what, but it just burn down,” the distraught woman said.
Hopkinson said her husband had had plans of opening a vulcanizing shop, and had had most of the things he needed to do so in the house.
“My husband was to open a vulcanizing shop, so there were things there…things used to print t-shirts, computer printer…computer monitor. All these things because we wanted to open a little workshop and do lil photocopying and so. One bedroom, it had shed downstairs. We were waiting for some money to do some things.”

Hopkinson said the house had been fully furnished.
“Nothing saved! School clothes, their tablet, everything burn up! So, just the school clothes on my children back is what they have. The neighbour give them some clothes last night to help we out last night.”
This family is seeking assistance to get their lives back to some degree of normalcy.
“I am diabetic too, and anybody willing to help; any organisation that wants to help me to build back, or even with the children school stuff, I would be glad. Is leff I leff home to go to the bank to get passage for them to go to school, because both of them have to write exam and I don’t want them to miss school,” the 39-year-old Hopkinson said.
Persons who would like to contact Hopkinson and her family can do so on telephone numbers (592) 707-0892 or (592) 619-1913. (G4)