ELAINE Pollard, an Ann’s Grove Resident who resides in the United States, received a call this morning informing that her house situated at lot 37, Middle Walk, Ann’s Grove, was going up in flames.

The woman travels often to the United States and whenever she is away, she would leave specific instructions for all the lights in her home to be left on, as no one would be staying in the building during her period of absence.

Fire officers are contending that from all indications and given the instructions left by the home owner, it would appear that the fire might have been electrical in origin.
At the fire scene this morning, firefighters and persons who live in the community assisted in battling the blaze.

We were told that many of the residents who once worked with the fire service also provided a helping hand.

The two-storey building, which was made out of wood and concrete, stood on a double corner. The fire, however, badly affected another house which was east of the burning building.

Windows were shattered and boards scorched by the heat from the fire at the Pollard’s residence nearby.

The Guyana Fire service responded with a tender from Mahaicony and another from Georgetown. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.