An early afternoon fire yesterday destroyed a two-storey building at Vryheid’s Lust, East Coast Demerara, leaving eight persons homeless.
The building was also located in the same compound that houses the Ephraim Scott Memorial Presbyterian Church.
The fire is believed to have started around 1.35 pm in the top flat of the Lot 35 Vryheid’s Lust residence, which was occupied by Yvonne Pearson, Advisor to the Minister of Amerindian Affairs; her son Curtis Fredericks along with his wife; Pearson’s two other children and a grandchild. The downstairs flat was occupied by Glen Baptiste and his wife.
One man, who asked to remain anonymous, said the building could have been saved had it not been for
