Two children were rescued from a burning house in ‘D’ Field Sophia, Greater Georgetown on Thursday night.

The children, ages three and six were home alone when the fire of unknown origin started just after 21:00hrs. They lived at the small wooden single flat house with their mother and her sibling, Nicholas Harvey.

The children were left in the care of Harvey while their mother went to work. Harvey told a police investigator at the scene that he left home after 18:00hrs for Dennis Street, Sophia. The children, according to him, were asleep.

Around 21:14hrs, he said he received a call indicating that the building was on fire. It is unclear at what stage the children were removed from the burning building and by whom.

However, when Guyana Chronicle arrived at the scene, one of two fire tenders was in full operation. A man, while still holding two buckets, said upon learning that there was a fire quickly formed a bucket brigade.

According to the public-spirited citizen, the service response was prompt.

The fire service managed to contain the fire from spreading to a neighbouring house and an unfinished property. The Guyana Fire Service and the Guyana Police Force are investigating the fire.