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Mentally ill woman sets Kitty house on fire
– Eleven homeless
A fire, which is believed to have been started by a mentally ill woman early yesterday, completely destroyed a two-story house at Kitty, Georgetown, where she lived with her husband, Khusial Parbhunath. The woman
The owner of the building, Khusial Parbhunath.
has been identified as Premoutie Chan, called ‘Shanta’.
Eleven persons are homeless as a result of the blaze which started sometime around 09:00 hrs.
Neighbours said that they saw the woman entering a black car, and shortly after they noticed smoke emerging from the upper flat of the building.
The house contained four apartments, each occupied by a family. Parbhunath is the owner of the property and he has been living in one of the apartments with his reputed wife, Chan for the past 20 years.
The fire started in Parbhunath’s quarters.
At the scene yesterday, neighbours and the man’s tenants were furious. They claimed that the man knew that his wife is mentally ill but he still kept her in the house instead of seeking professional help for her.
Parbhunath’s next door neighbour, whose house was scorched, said that she was looking at a movie when she heard someone shouting, “Fire.”
“I run to the side window by Parbhunath side and I see the big smoke. I called my daughter and she started getting up our passports and important documents,” the woman said.
She added that shortly after she noticed the blaze, she heard a loud explosion and the entire building next door became engulfed in flames.
Kaieteur News was told that prior to yesterday’s fire, Chan had started a fire in the building some years ago after she and her husband had an argument. Neighbours managed to put out that blaze before it escalated.
Khusial Parbhunath said that he left home as usual yesterday around 07:15 hrs. About two hours later, he received a call that the house was on fire.
“I don’t know what happened. I am so confused and speechless,” the man told reporters.
He said that he and his wife had no arguments or fights which would have caused her to set the building on fire.
“I don’t know if she did it or what, but the police will have to investigate,” Parbhunath stressed.
He admitted that she is mentally ill. The police are investigating the matter.
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