Preschoolers left unattended, start fire in Islington house

What was left of the room after fire gutted it

Quick response by firefighters attached to the Central Fire Station in Berbice yesterday prevented a two-storey house from being destroyed by a fire, which had been started by two preschoolers, aged five and three years old.

The flames only managed to destroy a bedroom and its contents at the back of the wooden and concrete structure before being extinguished by the firefighters.

The Jardines, who occupy the Lot 2 Islington, Greater New Amsterdam house, were relieved and grateful yesterday no