Fire ravages Sisters Village house

The stove which the firemen pinpointed as being the source of the Sisters Village fire yesterday. Albert Gulliver displays it to show that it did not sustain much damage in the fire.

A fire yesterday engulfed a two-storey house at Sisters Village, West Bank Demerara, and completely destroyed its upper flat, leaving seven persons homeless.

According to Jennifer Springer, 47, who occupied the upper flat of the Lot 114 Sideline Dam home, at around 9.30 am yesterday she was sitting near the septic tank downstairs when she heard an explosion from the upper flat. She said she went upstairs