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Businessman burns to death in fire after turning back to save grandchild.
Kaieteur News – A businessman, Rajendra Mohabir, 60, popularly known as ‘Slowie’ was killed on Sunday afternoon after going back into his burning house at Seventh Street, Windsor Forest West Coast Demerara (WCD) to save his grandson he believed, was still in the building.
Grieving daughter of businessman killed in fire being consoled by Education Minister Priya Manichand.
Mohabir’s home on fire
The child however had already escaped to safety. Before family members could have stopped Mohabir, he had already entered the burning building and later became trapped in the flames
Mohabir’s two-storey building which housed a grocery store and church on the bottom flat reportedly caught fire around 14:00hrs.
According to initial reports Mohabir, his wife, grandchild, and daughter were in the top flat at the time and were unaware that the building was on fire.
Church members were the first to run out of the building, while his son, and the pastor of the church, ran upstairs to alert his family. Kaieteur News understands that they had all exited the building safely but amidst the panic and confusion, Mohabir could not locate his grandson.
Firefigthers combing through the rubble
Believing that the child might still be trapped in the building, he ran back inside to find and save his grandson, but ended being trapped after the entire building quickly became engulfed in flames.
His son and other persons reportedly ran behind him to save him but they were unable to do so and reportedly sustained injuries.
In a cell phone recorded video, a woman could be heard weeping and shouting “meh nah see Raj me nah see Raj (Mohabir)”.
Dead Businessman, Rajendra Mohabir
Mohabir and his wife in happier times
Other persons were heard crying as well while neighbours assisted in saving the family’s car.
Firefighters had arrived at the scene shortly after and did their best to extinguish the blaze but failed to save Mohabir or the house.
After hours of searching, firefighters eventually found a small portion of Mohabir’s charred remains in the burnt building.
The cause of the fire is not known at this time, but some of the church members alleged that there was low voltage and a power outage in the area that caused some sparks.
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