By Indrawattie Natram
A SINGLE mother and her three sons, of Spring Garden, Region Two, are now homeless after fire demolished her two-storey home on Friday night.

Seelochnie Sonia Singh was supporting the Spring Garden Mandir Diwali float, which was participating in the West Coast Demerara motorcade, when she received the sad news.

Still in shock, Singh related that around 18:30 hrs, she received a call from a villager that her home was on fire. The mother said she became worried which caused her hypertension level to go up, preventing her from travelling home that evening. She, however, arrived on the Essequibo Coast Saturday morning.

“When I visited my home, tears fell from my eyes, everything went, nothing save, all the TV, freezer, my passport, money, gold, everything went,” Singh said.

The traumatised woman said she lost all her household items, including freezers, television, microwave, sofa, jewellery and money.

“I worked so hard for my things; I lost my husband years ago. I used to sell cane juice and polourie for a living to get my things, I am so saddened. I have nowhere to stay, I only have my daughter in Parika and my son left to work in the backdam,” Singh told Guyana Chronicle.

Singh estimates her losses at around $15M. She is unaware what could have caused the fire but noted that she had only left on a bulb in her house when she left for the motorcade.

A report was made to the Suddie Police Station and the Anna Regina Fire Station has since launched an investigation to find out what might have caused the fire.