A labourer of Number 69 Village, East Berbice has been left homeless after a fire gutted his two-storied wooden home on Tuesday evening.Baijnauth Baichand, 46, called “Pandit,” who lived alone said he was not at home when the fire started.

He said that when he returned home at 19:30 hrs his home was engulfed in flames.

“I went by a friend; when I go home, I saw the Police and Fire and the whole house in fire”

The fire is believed to be electrical in origin since a Guyana Power and Light wire collapsed and the one connected to his home fell in the yard.

The man said there was no electricity to his house but he was told by a power company worker that the wire which collapsed was a live wire.

“They told me it was a GPL wire which caused the fire.

“I didn’t have anything the house which could have caused a fire; I didn’t even cook in the house (Tuesday),” Baichand stated.

Baichand , who has been living at the house for the past four years, said he has nowhere to go and no finances to rebuild and is currently seeking refuge at a friend’s place.