Five homeless after two-family house at Crane razed

Residents of the area look on as the burned building smolders. (Photo by Rosheni Takechandra)

A two-family concrete house at Crane Housing Scheme, West Coast Demerara went up in flames around 8.15 am yesterday and five people have been left homeless.

The fire was said to have started in the kitchen of the four-bedroom upper flat where 71-year-old Leon Alphonso Innis, fondly known as ‘Uncle Mandrake,’ resided.

Innis, who was not at home at the time of the fire, said he was the caretaker of the seven-bedroom