Latest update November 25th, 2024 1:00 AM
Latest News
- ExxonMobil commences design for 7th project as Gov’t remains ‘iffy’ over approval
- Gov’t extends deadline for proposals on second phase of Gas-to-Energy project
- Hezbollah rockets land near Tel Aviv after big Israeli strike on Beirut
- 121 drivers nabbed speeding, 248 with unauthorised tinted glass
- Cop stabbed by Venezuelan national
Child escapes as fire destroys two houses in Eccles, EBD
Kaieteur News – A child narrowly escaped death on Friday after a two-storey apartment building caught afire around 11:00 hrs on Friday at Sunflower Street, Eccles, East Bank Demerara leaving several persons homeless.
The fire also spread to a nearby building, gutting it in the process.
Kaieteur News learnt that the child lives with his siblings and his mother, who is a school teacher, on the bottom flat of the apartment where the fire started. A family of four lived on the top floor. While the teacher was at work, the child was home alone.
While it is unclear what transpired, eyewitnesses recalled seeing the child running out of the building just as the flames started to spread.
The buildings engulfed in Flames
Firefighters were summoned to the scene and managed to extinguish the blaze. By then both buildings were gutted.
Investigations into the incident are ongoing.
Similar Articles
THE BLUNT OF THE DAY
Sports
Features/Columnists
The business class also funds undemocratic parties
…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- There’s a peculiar phenomenon in Guyana, a sort of cyclical ritual, where members of... more
Rising Gun Crimes in the Caribbean: Urgent Action required by all
By Sir Ronald Sanders Kaieteur News – There is an alarming surge in gun-related violence, particularly among younger... more
Weekend Cartoon
