Fire of unknown origin flattened a one-storey, wooden, two-bedroom house at Shieldstown Squatting Area, West Bank Berbice around 7 pm on Sunday, leaving a family of four homeless.
Owner, Manzoor Ally, 37, a cane harvester estimated his loss to be over $3M, including furnishings and appliances as well as tools belonging to a brother-in-law.
At the time of the fire he had gone with his wife, Shabana Ayube, 32, a pastry maker and their two children; ages eight and nine to visit an uncle two streets away. They received a message from a
