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EARLY morning fire destroys Subryanville home -Millions lost
An early morning fire at lot 253 Fifth Street, Subryanville left two person homeless and millions of dollars in losses, yesterday.
According to an eyewitness the fire started around 07:40 hours yesterday. At the time no one was at home in the two-storey house.
This publication was told that the fire started in the kitchen. Owner of the home, Marvyn Butts, 68, said that the night before there appeared to be a problem with the electric wire outside his home. He said that he checked his electrical appliances and they were all in working order.
He said that up to yesterday morning just before he left his home some of the appliances were working. The others had been plugged out. 
He speculated that the fire might have started in the ceiling and spread to the other parts of the house.
Asked to estimate his losses, Butts said that his home had everything that he had brought to Guyana when he emigrated not so long ago. All told he believes that losses would amount to about $30 million.
Jason David, who lives next door to the destroyed building, said that when he noticed the fire he alerted others in the area and he immediately went to render assistance.
David said he started to call for the homeowner but got no answer. He said that he soon realized that the man’s vehicle was not on the premises.
The young man said having established that no one was at home he decided to break down a back door leading to the upper flat of the building. Other neighbours called the Guyana Fire Service.
David said that while he managed to break the door the fire was too much for himself and others to enter the building. He said that he also contacted the owner of the house Mr. Marvyn Butts who at the time was running an errand.
“As soon as we get the door to open it was smoke and fire all over so nobody couldn’t go into the building to save anything.”
Not long after, David said the fire service arrived and immediately went into action. However while most of the building was destroyed, the fire service managed to contain the blaze to one house, save for a few pipes and gutters attached to a nearby house.
The owner of the premises occupied the top flat of the building while the bottom was rented out to an employee of Food for the Poor.
When this publication arrived on the scene persons were seen removing documents and some items which were stored under the house. Investigations are ongoing.
Statistics released from the Guyana Fire Service showed that already for the year there were 243 fires that were electrical in origin. For the same period last year the number was 305.
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