Latest update April 4th, 2025 12:14 AM
Ten homeless after mysterious fire ravages Cromarty house
By Leon Suseran
A mysterious fire at Lot 15 Cromarty Farm, Corentyne, has left 10 persons homeless, including a nine- day old baby.
Those homeless are Sheliza Singh, Ryan Persaud, Naomi Devi Persaud, Steven Persaud, Kevin and Talisha Singh, Totaram Persaud, Satyawattie Singh and a nine-day-old baby. Investigations to ascertain
Singh stands with some of her grandchildren beside the rubble.
the cause of the blaze are ongoing.
According to one of the occupants, Parbattie Singh, she left for the Port Mourant Market when she received a call that the entire house was ablaze. Her daughter, Talisha and grandchildren were in the bottom flat of the two- storey home around 10:00 hrs on Saturday.
“Then when me get call that the house burn down, I came home same time.” She has been living at the house for over 21 years and is a single parent.
Singh stated, too, that the next door neighbours alerted Talisha and the kids that the upper flat of the building was on fire. “She [her daughter] was washing clothes downstairs…and when the girl watched… she picked up her children and went on the road.”
“I ain’t get anywhere to stay”, the woman lamented.
One neighbour, Shelly Jankie, who saw it all, said, “When I was coming from the road, I saw the upstairs with smoke around 12:00 hrs and when I watched I saw one big fire in the house and the girl and her children were downstairs. I shouted ‘fire upstairs!’ And then she [Talisha] run on the road and called her sisters,” she stated.
Jankie noted that the fire appeared to have started in a bedroom. The eyewitness said that the fire spread quickly. Tenders arrived but too late since the entire building was destroyed by then. “When Whim [Police Station] sent them down, the entire house did already burn down,” Jankie stated.
Kaieteur News was told that the home was not powered by electricity and that there was no candle or lamp that was left burning.
“We ain’t get nothing. People give we some clothes,” Singh added. Neighbours constructed a zinc shack so that the family can rest in the nights. The victims have been sleeping on zinc sheets since the fire.
The shack in which the family is now forced to sleep at nights.
She noted that she lost all items totaling some $2M. “Nothing ain’t save…everything gone! One big house with four bedrooms and two kitchens. We ain’t even get clothes to wear…All things burn up.”
The family is desperately appealing for assistance to rebuild and recuperate from the tragedy. They can be contacted at telephone numbers 687- 4191 and 325- 3267.
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