Hero clerk saves sleeping restaurateur from Corentyne fire

Khemraj Sukdeo called Rakesh or ‘Feed man’ whose businesses were engulfed in the fire. The burnt building is in the background

A clerk broke into a grilled room and pulled the sleeping woman inside to safety as a fire of unknown origin swept through a building housing two businesses at Lot 23 North Public Road, Belvedere Village, Corentyne yesterday.

The woman, a Chinese national whose name has not been revealed, escaped with only a scratch. However, millions of dollars in goods as wells as personal and household items were lost in the blaze