Two households, one on the East Coast and the other in North Ruimveldt, were counting their blessings on Easter Sunday after they escaped the fires which ravaged their homes.
The first of the fires occurred around 04:00 hrs at the home of Roy Maynard, which sits on 11th Street, Paradise Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara (ECD). Maynard, who once taught at the St. Stanislaus Secondary, is blind, but was able to get himself out of the house before the entire building was engulf-ed, eyewitnesses say.
He was not around when Stabroek News visited the scene yesterday but neighbours say firemen determined that the
