A dwelling house at Kuru Kururu on the Linden/Soesdyke Highway was gutted on Wednesday night by what is believed to be the work of an arsonist (s) following a property dispute.

Chief Fire Officer Marlon Gentle told the Guyana Chronicle that four persons are homeless as a result of the fire, which occurred at about 23:00 hours; and given the isolation of the place, the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) did not receive the distress call until Thursday morning.
He added that by then it was too late, the edifice had already been burnt to the ground. Nevertheless, the GFS fire tender from Timehri responded to the call from the Kuru Kururu Squatting area.
Gentle said that based on investigations done so far, the Wisroc fire in which seven persons were displaced on Wednesday was set by an arsonist(s) who broke into the building via the lower flat’s back entrance. He noted that a fire tender accompanied by a water canter responded to that Linden fire call, and when they arrived, the building was totally engulfed, but the fire fighters on scene did some work in dousing the flames.
Fire destroyed a dwelling house at Lot 184 Wisroc on Wednesday while one occupant was at home, but in her shop tending to customers shortly after midday.
Gentle yesterday warned persons not to burn vegetation, especially dried ones, while clearing land or cleaning up; and also to desist from burning garbage, since it is causing destruction to public property, such as lamp posts, bridges etc. and is also a nuisance to other persons.
He stated that fires lit to burn dried vegetation burn quickly and also spread quickly, which is quite dangerous. He suggested that persons dispose of dried vegetation by means other than by burning.
Gentle revealed that bush fires deliberately set by persons and/vagrants are taking a toll on the GFS in that they have to respond to several calls. He said that for this month alone, given the dry season, the GFS responded to 12 such calls.