Mon Repos store burns to the ground

The remains of the store

A business place in Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara was reduced to rubble yesterday following an early morning fire of unknown origin.

The fire occurred around 5:00 hrs, a neighbour said. And, since the ground-flat wooden structure was used solely to operate the retail electronics sales business, nobody was inside when it burned.

The store was the property of 30-year-old Raul Persaud, who says he was five minutes driving distance from the building when he was called and informed that his place was on fire. When interviewed by Stabroek News the man said that members of the Guyana Fire Service told him the fire did not have an