Woman, five children homeless after husband torches house

The shop that Suarswatie Mootoo operated

A woman and her five children lost their La Parfaite Harmonie Housing Scheme, West Bank Demerara home early yesterday morning after her husband, from whom she is separated, set it on fire.

Suarswatie Mootoo was  at her Lot 3921 Westminster, Phase 2, La Parfaite Harmonie home with children when the house was set alight and fire fighters arrived too late to save anything.

Fire Chief Marlon Gentle told Stabroek News that a