The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) has determined that the fire which destroyed a house at Lot 233 Mon Repos North, Fifth Street, East Coast Demerara (ECD) was maliciously set.
Firefighters today responded the fire at around 03:23hrs today.
Fifteen firefighters quickly got into action and managed to extinguish the blaze that had engulfed a two-storey wooden and concrete building.
The building was owned by Kurt Lalchand and occupied by Falesha Sumner and her family of seven.
As a result, the building and its contents were destroyed, leaving eight persons homeless.
“The fire was maliciously set by person(s) unknown,” the GFS said in a statement.
Meanwhile, two houses in close proximity to the building of origin were also affected.
Four black tanks, along with a quantity of PVC ceiling and guttering on the eastern side of both buildings, were destroyed as a result of radiated heat from the building of origin.
