At least two persons were left homeless after a fire of unknown origin destroyed a one-bedroom house at Newtown, Enmore East Coast Demerara.
Kaieteur News was told that the fire started some time after 18:00hrs yesterday.
Neighbours said that the owner of the house, Rajendra Badal, was out of town at the time of the fire.
Another relative, who is also a neighbour, said that he was at a shop when someone told him that the house was on fire. He said that he quickly rushed home only to find that the house was engulfed in flames.
Badal said that the fire service arrived shortly after and the fire was extinguished. He was uncertain if it was an unattended kerosene stove that started the fire. Investigations are continuing.