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Special Constable’s house goes up in flames
Yet another fire has struck on the East Coast Demerara, this time at Nabaclis, resulting in four persons being homeless.
Reports are that some time around 08:45 hours yesterday fire of unknown origin broke out at the house located at 39 Nabaclis. One of the occupants of the house, Suzette English, who is a police Special Constable, said that she shared the home with her husband and two children.
The woman said that moments before the fire she left the home to run an errand on the Public Road and on her way back she received a telephone call informing her that her house was on fire.
The remains of the house at Golden Grove.
The woman said that by the time she made it back home all of her earthly possessions were going up in flames. The woman said, too, that by that time people in the area formed a bucket brigade as they awaited the arrival of the Guyana Fire Service.
According to English, nothing was saved. The woman lamented that all of her years of hard work went up in flames before her eyes, and there was nothing that she could have done but watch on.
English said that the two bedroom structure was her home and that of her children and husband for the past ten years. The woman said that thanks to swift efforts from the neighbours saved another property in the same compound. English said that her loss runs into millions of dollars. She said that she had every possibly piece of household furnishing.
By the time the fire service arrived residents had the blaze under control using a bucket brigade. English said that she is at a loss as to what may have started the fire. The woman said the only piece of electrical equipment in the house was her refrigerator and that was connected to a stabilizer.
This has been the third reported fire on East Coast Demerara this past week.
On Tuesday, three-year-old Tony Ramlogan perished in a fire at his parent’s home which is located at Lot 7 Blossom Scheme, Enmore.
And on Thursday last another mysterious fire broke out at the same building.
Investigations are ongoing into the fires.
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