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Unoccupied Enmore house goes up in flames
A fire that began around 21:15 hrs on Wednesday at First Street, Beezie, Enmore, East Coast Demerara, has completely destroyed an unoccupied house, and has left residents in that neighbourhood calling for a thorough investigation into what really transpired.
A neighbour, ‘Sir Deoraj’, said he was watching cricket when other neighbours came shouting for fire, he immediately ventured out and noticed the property adjacent to his house on fire. The house was totally engulfed on the eastern side at this time. The man said calls were made to the fire service, while residents formed a bucket brigade and started to soak his house and others in close proximity of the lot 184 property.
‘Sir Deoraj’ said the first fire tender to respond was one from Guysuco, but unfortunately that did not provide much help, since it came without water. Then the Guyana Fire Service responded with two fire tenders, only one of which had water, making the assistance they offered very limited.
The charred remains of the Enmore property
‘Sir Deoraj’ said he was very disappointed in the response by the emergency services. The man opined that if it weren’t for the cooperation of the residents of the community, his house might have gone up in flames too. He was thankful to his fellow neighbours for their acts of kindness.
The man said he begged the firemen to ensure all the flames were completely extinguished, but this apparently fell on deaf ears, as the flames managed to rekindle around 00:30 hrs on Thursday, and had to be quelled by another bucket brigade formed by residents.
‘Sir Deoraj’ was baffled as to how such a tragedy could occur, when the house was unoccupied and did not have any electricity supply. He told this publication that the property belonged to a woman he only knew as Subagie, an 82–year -old who resides in Canada. Another neighbour has since attempted to make contact with the owner in Canada Neighbours are also claiming that “a lot of junkies” would hang around the front of the property, and suspect one of them might have been the cause of the blaze.
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