East Canje house burns, six homeless

The ruins of the house

Fire of unknown origin destroyed a two-flat wooden and concrete house at King Street, East Canje around 11 am yesterday, leaving a family of six homeless.

News of the fire came as Doreen ‘Lynette’ Sutherland and her daughter, Notoya Barth who was celebrating her 18th birthday were in the midst of a prayer service at church at Vryman’s Erven, New Amsterdam.

By the time the three fire tenders from the NA Fire Station and one from