SIX persons are now homeless after an electrical fire destroyed their Lot 22 East Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara home, on Saturday night.
According to a press release from the Guyana Fire Service (GFS), at 23:44hrs on Saturday, water tenders from the Leonora fire station responded to a house on fire at the above-mentioned address.

Upon arrival, firefighters saw a two-storey wooden and concrete building engulfed in flames.
The house was owned by 83-year-old Azin Azeez, which he occupied with his family of five. As a result of the fire, the building and its contents were destroyed and the occupants are now homeless, the release said.
“The fire was the result of an overload of electrical wiring from the ceiling, which ignited nearby combustible materials,” it added.
One line working from water tender #108 tank supply, two lines from water tender #81 tank supply, and buckets of water were used to extinguish the fire.