No evidence of arson in Lusignan blaze - Fire official

No evidence of arson in Lusignan blaze – Fire official

Dec 04, 2012 News

Investigators have so far found no sign that arsonists torched grass track racer Dwarka Gangadin’s Lusignan, East Coast Demerara property.
A senior Guyana Fire Service official told Kaieteur News that investigators are still trying to ascertain what caused the blaze, but there is so far no indication that Friday’s blaze was deliberately set.
According to the official, two children who were in a section of the building claimed that they heard an explosion near an air conditioning unit shortly before the fire started. The official said that contrary to some reports, firefighters were able to save Gangadin’s furniture store, which was located in the eastern section of the two storey structure.
A neighbour of Gangadin’s said that he was at home at around 17:00 hrs when he saw flames coming from the western side of the house. He raised an alarm and some of the employees from Gangadin’s furniture store rushed over and tried in vain to gain access to the heavily-grilled building.
The neighbour said that he summoned the fire service; then with water from tanks in the premises, attempted to douse the flames.
Residents alleged that the first fire tender arrived some 45 minutes later. By the time the other fire tenders arrived the western side of the building was already destroyed.
Gangadin also clambered to the top of the two-storey structure in a vain attempt to assist the firefighters, who took over an hour to get the blaze under control.
Workers and neighbours managed to remove some furniture and other items from the bottom flat and compound.
Fire tenders from the Campbellville, Alberttown and the Central Fire Station in Georgetown responded but arrived too late to save the building.
Gangadin was charged in 2010 for the murder of his wife, Bridgette, whose body was found near Vigilance, on the East Coast Demerara public road. The grass track racer had told police that his wife had jumped from his truck and he accidentally drove over her body.
An autopsy performed by Government pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh indicated that the 29-year-old woman died from a fractured skull.
However, a second post mortem by Trinidadian pathologist Professor Hubert Daisley suggested that Mrs. Gangadin was strangled.
Gangadin was charged and committed to stand trial, but was freed almost a month ago after the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) reviewed the evidence and ruled that there was not enough evidence against the accused.

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