A fire of so far unknown origin this morning destroyed a house located at Old Road, Providence, East Bank Demerara (EBD).
The one-storey wooden house was occupied by a woman, her husband and their two children, aged 18 and 9.
At the time of the fire, no one was at home.
The woman, Natasha Hope, was at a nearby shop when someone called her and informed her that a house in the area was on fire.
When she returned home, the woman realised it was her house.
The woman said she ran into the house in a bid to retrieve her son’s school documents and was successful in saving some of them.
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However, due to the intense heat in the building, she had to run to safety.
An investigation into the cause of the fire has been launched by the Guyana Fire Service.
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