Fire, suspected to be electrical in origin, yesterday gutted a Bartica home and confectionery shop, leaving seven persons without a home and millions in losses.
Althea Matthews, 20, said she owes the loss of her home to the ineffectiveness of the fire truck that arrived promptly on the scene but with no water. The woman explained that firefighters arrived within minutes of the report but as they prepared to extinguish the blaze, they found that there was no water accessible in the truck.
“When they come, only the downstairs was on fire. They could have saved the house and our belongings but they didn’t have any water!” a frustrated Matthews said. They were then
