Over three dozen lose homes in Lombard St fire

Some of the items saved from the blaze

More than three dozen persons lost their homes in an early morning fire on Lombard Street, in the city, which destroyed two buildings and five shacks yesterday.

The fire, which began sometime before 7am, started at the bottom flat of an old wooden building at Lot 17 Lombard Street and quickly spread to the neighbouring Lot 18 structure as well as several nearby shacks. The buildings were situated opposite the Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC)