A fire on Friday afternoon, suspected to be electrical in origin, gutted a North Sophia home, leaving four persons counting millions of dollars in losses.
The two-storey, five-bedroom house at Lot 5 North Sophia, Georgetown, was owned by Carol Beckles, but occupied by her two nephews and two other relatives.
Stabroek News understands that the fire started around 6 pm in a bottom-flat bedroom and quickly engulfed the entire house. At the time, no one was home.
Gloria Beckles, sister of the owner, who lives behind the burnt premises told this newspaper that she was watching television when an alarm was raised by her neighbours that smoke was coming from the bottom-flat bedroom.
