Five homeless after No.5 Village blaze

The house during the blaze

Fire of unknown origin raced through a two-flat, four-bedroom concrete house at No 5 Village, West Coast Berbice around 9 am on Saturday leaving a family of five homeless.

Owner, Seretse George, 38, who occupied the building with his wife, Felicia George, 32 and their three children, Niomi, 15, Ruth, 10 and Noel, 6, was unable to quantify his loss.

The house was furnished with two sofa sets, two televisions and appliances among other items. They also lost a recently bought computer,