TEN persons have been displaced following a Thursday morning fire which razed a two-storey house at Lot 54 Douglas Road, Fryish, Corentyne, East Berbice.Two families had occupied the rented house when the conflagration began at about 09:51 hrs, reportedly in the upper flat of the edifice.

The occupant who lived in the bottom flat of the building, who was observed exiting the home in the nude, took refuge in an outhouse in the yard, while the children of the other family were rescued by neighbours.

The owner of the house resides overseas.
The cause of the fire is being investigated by the Guyana Fire Service (GFS). (Michel Outridge)