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Victim of Stewartville fire plans to rebuild

Mar 26, 2013 News

 
… source of blaze remains unknown
West Coast Demerara businessman, Ganesh Agasen, is contemplating rebuilding the establishment after fire destroyed his Stewartville factory last week Sunday evening.
Agasen said that the origin of the blaze is still a mystery. However this newspaper understands that thus far evidence suggests that the fire had been the result of arson.
Fire fighters fought intensely to save Agasen’s two-storey building which housed his furniture factory and residence. The building located at Second Street, Stewartville, went up flames around 7:00 pm as the inhabitants of the house were asleep.
The upper flat of the building served as home for Agasen, his wife, three children and the children’s grandmother.  The fire reportedly started downstairs thus the occupants were able to escape on unhurt.  The businessman is still unable to estimate the cost of his loss but related that millions in dollars went up in flames.
He noted that while the investigations are ongoing to determine what caused the fire, plans are being made to reconstruct the property.
Meanwhile, Agasen and his immediate family are currently being accommodated by other relatives.  Reports reaching this newspaper stated that the occupants were in the house when they saw smoke coming from a section of the building.
Upon checking they discovered that a huge fire had already started and they immediately tried saving some valuables just before the flames quickly engulfed the entire building.
Kaieteur News was told that apart from a few pieces of furniture and ply wood from the furniture making establishment, the family was only able to save precious little.

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