Fire destroys unoccupied Anna Catherina house

Mar 22, 2017 News

-blaze believed to be deliberately set

A two-storey wooden and concrete house, believed to be owned by some overseas-based Guyanese, went up in flames late Monday night.
According to Fire Prevention Officer, Andrew Holder, the owners of the Lot ‘A’ Anna

The blaze that engulfed the Anna Catherina property on Monday night.

Catherina, West Coast Demerara property are still unidentified.
“Nobody occupies the place, and none of the neighbours could give the names of the owner or owners,” Holder said. He explained though that the blaze is believed to have been a case of arson.
“The information reaching me suggests that the flame was deliberately set,” Holder added.
As of last evening, the fire service official could not say how exactly the fire was started, but pointed out that further investigations will most likely determine this.
Holder told Kaieteur News that the now destroyed house sits among those that form a line of unoccupied properties.
“Nobody seems to know who owns them,” Holder added.
This would explain why passersby were unable to wake up neighbours to alert them that there was a fire.
Public spirited citizen, Craig Jacobis was driving along the Anna Catherina Public Road when he noticed the raging flames.
“It was really horrifying, and I kept honking my horns over and over, and over again, trying to wake up the neighbours, but nobody came out,” Jacobis said.
The man was unaware of the fact that stretch of houses was unoccupied.
“I keep wondering how is it that nobody ain’t waking up, because it was a very big blaze and the heat was very, very real,” Jacobis stressed.
The man was extremely annoyed at the fact that several of his calls to emergency services went unanswered.
“I keep dialling 911 over and over again, but nobody was answering.”
Jacobis said that he began to feel an overwhelming sense of helplessness, because all he could do was stare at the brutal inferno.
“I just kept wondering in my mind if anybody was trapped in the building or so, but really and truly, there was nothing I could do. The whole building was on fire,” Jacobis related.
The man said that after several minutes of continuously failing to summon the assistance of emergency services, he decided to make a ‘U’ turn and drive to the Leonora Fire Station to get help.
“But just as I reached to Leonora, I saw the fire truck pull out of the fire station, and that was a good time after. By the time I pass back, the house was done with,” Jacobis said.
The man was relieved to have been informed that no one was hurt in the fire.

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