Electrical fire at Bagotstown leaves eight homeless

Mar 14, 2021 News

The Bagotstown house on fire.

Smoke emanating from the building (photo credits to George Alec).

Kaieteur News – A total of eight persons were misplaced, yesterday, after an electrical fire destroyed the upper flat of a two-storey concrete home located at Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara (EBD).
According to Fire Chief, Kalamadeen Edoo, the fire erupted around 10:18hrs.
Videos and photos seen by this media house showed the entire top flat engulfed in flames accompanied by thick black smoke.
Edoo detailed that three fire tenders had to respond to the scene in order to contain the blaze. He explained that the house was bordered or surrounded by other houses and had the firemen not responded promptly, it could have been disastrous for those buildings too.
“The firemen sprang into action as fast as they could and they were able to contain the flames in one location”, he said.
The aftermath, related Edoo, left the entire top flat of the house completely destroyed and the bottom flat suffering severe water damage. Based on investigations carried out, Edoo said that the fire was electrical in origin.
Kaieteur News understands that the electrical wiring of the house was only completed by an electrician on Friday night. It is believed that wiring was done incorrectly which resulted in an overload of the circuit and sparks, which ignited the fire.