Kitty handyman loses home in pre-dawn fire

Gregory Limerick’s home was reduced to rubble and his neighbours’ home damaged after an early morning fire in Kitty yesterday

A Kitty man lost his home in a pre-dawn fire of unknown origin yesterday.

Gregory Limerick, 52, of 67 Public Road, Kitty was unable to save any of his belongings after his one-bedroom cottage caught on fire at around 2am.

Limerick, who described himself as a handyman, told Stabroek News yesterday that he had been sitting on the front steps of his home when he was alerted by his neighbour that a section of his house was on fire. He scrambled to his feet and tried to rush into his home. However, he was stopped in his tracks by the overwhelming heat.

Residents quickly organised a bucket brigade and fetched water from a nearby