Family of woman killed in Soesdyke house fire disappointed with autopsy

Hardai Singh

The post-mortem examination performed yesterday on the remains of Hardai ‘Kuntie’ Singh, who died in a house fire at Soesdyke, found that she was burned to death, but her family was disappointed that they did not get a more detailed report.

Singh, 70, a newspaper vendor of Soesdyke Centre Road, East Bank Demerara, perished in the fire which destroyed her home on Wednesday evening. The woman was reportedly asleep in her home when a gas cylinder exploded and ignited a fire around 7.30pm.
Stabroek News again made efforts to contact the Fire Chief Marlon Gentle, for an update into the investigation of the matter but those attempts proved futile.

Stabroek News yesterday contacted one of