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Diamond home burns during domestic row
– husband detained
A Diamond Squatting area couple lost their home and most of their belongings on Saturday night when their two-bedroom property went up in flames during a domestic quarrel.
Insaf Alli, of Lot 1325 Diamond Squatting Area, reportedly caused the blaze after he accidentally knocked down a kerosene lamp while quarreling with his spouse.
The gutted building
The man’s spouse suffered injuries to her right arm while jumping from the burning building.
According to reports, the wife, Coreen Alli, was at her sister’s residence, which is next door, when the husband demanded that she come home.
According to the sister, when the wife failed to respond immediately, Alli informed her that if she didn’t come she would have to sleep outside.
With that, he reportedly struck one of the bedroom walls, causing a lighted kerosene lamp to fall.
Unaware that the lamp had fallen and that a bedroom blind and carpet had caught fire, Alli then went on the back step.
While she was at her sister’s, Alli’s wife reportedly observed the flames and ran over to her house while raising an alarm.
Now aware that the house was on fire, the husband ran inside and reportedly tried to save the family’s belongings.
However, the sister said that the wooden house was engulfed within minutes and the occupants were unable to save anything.
The wife, Coleen Alli, was almost trapped inside the burning house and was forced to jump from a verandah.
She was treated at the Diamond Diagnostic Centre for burns and other injuries.
The woman’s sister said that firefighters took about 30 minutes to arrive. When they did come, they were unable to access any water from a nearby canal, which is clogged with grass and is almost dry.
When Kaieteur News arrived at the scene, a fireman was clutching a hose and staring helplessly at the already gutted building.
Residents said that the husband was arrested outside the house.
He was still in police custody yesterday.
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