West Coast Berbice farmer pleads for help after fire destroys home

The remains of the house

A West Coast Berbice cash crop farmer is contemplating his next move after a fire of unknown origin destroyed his two-storey wooden house last Friday evening.

Tarasingh, 52, of Bath Coconut Estate, Naarstigheid Village, West Coast Berbice told Stabroek News, that he had resided in the house which was completely destroyed by the fire for over twenty-five years. The man said that he and his 14-year-old daughter were the only occupants of the house. He estimates his losses at $1.5 million.

According to Tarasingh, he and his daughter left home on Friday afternoon to head to Parika Market to sell their crops. However, a few villages into the journey, a neighbour informed Tarasingh that the house was engulfed in flames.

“A neighbour tell me the house on fire, me