LESS than 24 hours after a freak storm devastated Amelia’s Ward in Linden, disaster has again dogged the mining town.  This time, not be wind and thunder, but the all consuming fire.

Shortly after noon yesterday, fire of unknown origin struck at Lot 184 Wisroc Housing Scheme, leaving seven persons homeless.  The two flat wooden and concrete building housed seven persons – three upstairs and four on the lower floor.  No one was home at the time, hence there were no casualties.  Officials from the Guyana Fire Service were yesterday, trying to determine the cause of the blaze.
Sextagenarian Ismay Johnson who occupied the lower flat with three other family members said the others were all out of the home at the time, and she was in a shop she has at the front of the yard.  She was not aware that fire had broken out in the building until someone in the street raised an alarm.