POPULAR Disc Jockey (DJ), Delroy Romeo, known as ‘DJ Magnum’ is in a state of disbelief after fire gutted his Lot 283 Goed Intent, West Bank Demerara home late Sunday night.

He believes that the fire was possibly the work of arsonists, after neighbours reported seeing two women at the home moments before the fire erupted.

“I was told that two females entered the yard, so what I’m trying to do right now is stay calm and use my intelligence to gather information. When I solve the puzzle then is when I gon’ act,” the DJ told reporters as he looked on at his still smoking home in the wee hours of Monday.

He was not at home at the time of the fire, and recounted getting the call around 12 midnight from his mom overseas who informed him that the property was ablaze. Romeo told reporters at the scene that he lives alone, and is not aware of any enemies; however he noted that he does come across his share of adversaries, particularly when it comes to the ladies.

“Being Guyana’s most controversial and popular DJ, I do [receive a lot of threats] both male and female. Not direct, indirect, I always receive threats. It’s something that is an ongoing thing. At this moment, the most thing I would assume is it gah do something with somebody heart that has been broken and [they] can’t control they emotions. I mean misery needs company, so whoever heart has been broken probably get a friend to prompt her up to do it. But like I said nobody ain’t got no full evidence and I ain’t gon’ point fingers,” the DJ said.

It was Romeo’s next door neighbor, Norman Williams, who awoke around 22:45h and saw the two women at the DJ’s home, but thought nothing of it and returned to his slumber.

“I saw two females on the back step, before, just before the fire. Normally he would call me and say what’s going on but he didn’t call so I just relax and I fall back in a dose,” Williams told this newspaper.

Williams said he did not see whether the ladies gained entry into the house but heard them trying to open the door.

“They were fighting with the door, because I hear the back door horse and staple,” Williams said.

Some half an hour later Williams awoke again to see the house on fire.
“The fire woke me up around 11:15pm, I alert the neighbours around and start pulling back things in my house. It was in front of the building, the first room somewhere around there,” Williams explained.

Williams said the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) arrived promptly but by then it was too late to save anything. The GFS is investigating the incident.