A seven-year-old girl was severely burnt about the body after being left alone at their 101 North Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara, home on Monday.

The child’s 37-year-old mother lives with her three children in a one flat wooden structure. The father, who is a fisherman, was out at sea.

The injured child was identified as Shanya Persaud and she is currently a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation.

Her other two siblings are nine-year-old Akeem Persaud and 13-year-old Brandon Anthony. Reports indicate that the mother left her three children alone at home and it is unclear how the fire started but public-spirited citizens saw the two boys running outside the house while smoke was emanating from the structure.

After seeing the children, the public-spirited citizen ran into the building and found the seven-year-old with burns about her body and recused her. Police said that the girl received burns to approximately 75 per cent of her body.