A FAMILY of three is now homeless after a fire of unknown origin destroyed their house at Agriculture Road, Mon Repos on Friday.

One of the occupants of the East Boast Demerara home, Paulie (only name given), who lived there with two of her five daughters, was reportedly in the hospital undergoing

surgery at the time of the fire.
According to her neighbours, Paulie left home since Thursday night to go to the hospital, and they believe that no one has been home since.

The neighbours said the fire started at around 08:05h and quickly spread throughout the house. Even some of the nearby houses were scorched slightly by the blaze.
And though firemen acted quickly, they were unable to save the wooden house from being destroyed by the raging fire.

Said one neighbour, “We smell smoke and an alarm was raised; we just picked up buckets and start dip water and throw it in an effort to contain the fire.”

An elderly man, Soanadath Sanasi, who lives next to the house that was on fire, was burnt after the blaze spread to a part of his house. He was taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) for treatment.

The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) has since launched an investigation to ascertain the origin of the fire.