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Fire razes Plaisance house, two homeless
Two persons are now homeless after a fire destroyed a two-apartment building at lot 40 Goedverwagting, East Coast Demerara, yesterday. According to reports, the fire started shortly after 15:00hrs.
Nancy Critchlow
Nancy Critchlow, who is the sister of the two homeless men, said she was awakened by screams. “I was sleeping and I jump up after I hear people shouting fire …fire!” Critchlow lives in a separate property in the same yard. Her house was in no way affected by the fire.
Critchlow told Kaieteur News that her 58-year-old brother who lived in the destroyed property had attempted to commit suicide twice within recent times. The woman explained that it was this same 58-year-old who was alone at home at the time of the fire. She told Kaieteur News that her brother has not been in the best of health and was mentally unstable.
The woman explained that she has been taking him to the hospital on many occasions because he has been crying out for severe pains. The doctors have given up on him and his condition is deteriorating daily, she said.
“He come out from the hospital last week and he drink diesel and kerosene so I take him back to the hospital,” the woman said. She added that she took him back to the hospital on Tuesday, after he kept crying out for the pain.
Hours before the fire the woman said that her brother was in a suicidal state. “He was inside the house looking for bottles to slit his throat, so I bring out all the bottles from the house and throw them away.”
Minutes later the woman said she was awakened by the heat and neighbours shouting. The woman said she that could not say who or what started the fire, but everything happened so fast.
At the scene, the building was already burnt to ashes. The 58-year-old man was seen lying in pampers on the floor of his sister’s house. Residents who were at the scene speculated that the fire might have been started by one of the occupants.
The police and fire service are investigating.
The gutted house.
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