A 23-day old baby perished in a fire last night at Stewartville, West Demerara, while four other persons have been left homeless.

Among the homeless is a well-known food vendor known as “Belly”. He sells on the Stewartville Public Road.
The fire struck around 21:00hrs at the Middle Street home.
The baby, Alisha Samantha Boodram, was born on New Year’s Day, and those now homeless are her parents and a nephew and niece.
The origin of the blaze was not immediately known.(Demerara Waves)