Fire destroys D’Urban Street building

The D’Urban Street house on fire last night (Photo courtesy of Dennis Chabrol)

Fire last evening destroyed a two storey building at Lot 18 D’Urban Street that housed a residence and a fish shop, leaving losses totalling millions in its wake. Fire officials suspect that the occupants were stealing electricity.

Miraculously a dog and a rabbit survived the 8.30 pm inferno which gutted the property in a matter of minutes.

A distraught Jerry Chow who occupied the upper flat along with his wife and two children told Stabroek News at the scene that minutes