AN early morning blaze at Fort Street Kingston, on Thursday June 25, 2020, has left Dannyram Harricharran, known as ‘Harry’, homeless. According to the man’s son, Shawn Harricharran, who was at the scene of the fire, his father, who lives alone, was not at home when the fire started and was only alerted about the fire when he (the father) returned home.

“He said he wasn’t home, he left sometime around 06:30 this morning and when he came back around 07:30 hours he saw the fire trucks and so, but at that point it was too late to even save anything.” the son stated
Shawn added that, although his dad had lost everything, he was just happy that his father was not harmed in the fire and that he remained safe. “We lost all our memories, all the walls had pictures of me and my siblings growing up throughout the years from baby but now all of that is gone.”

Shawn further stated that his father’s home was not insured and that he estimated the loss, inclusive of furniture and appliances, to be at a total of $20M. Investigations into the cause of the fire is still ongoing by members of the Guyana Fire Service.