A fire on Monday night gutted a home in Cedar Park, Lamaha Gardens, Georgetown and firefighters have launched an investigation to determine its origin.
At around 7pm firefighters responded to the call from neighbours for a second time. The house at 273 Cedar Park, Lamaha Gardens, Georgetown had earlier in the afternoon caught fire.
When the fire service responded, the flames were seen emanating from one of the bedrooms of the top floor.
Neighbours told this newspaper the first fire started in the bottom flat of the building and it was occupied by an elderly gentleman. The owner resides overseas according to neighbours.
Stabroek News was informed that on the first call, firefighters had put out the fire in the bottom flat before leaving.
“When they came first they suspected fire was started by a kerosene stove. When they return it was upstairs in the front bedroom,” a neighbour said.
The firefighters managed to extinguish the flames before it could have gutted the entire house.
Nonetheless, the interior of the house was severely damaged as the fire quickly spread across the building.
When Stabroek News visited the scene, the fire had been contained and firefighters were seen hosing down the debris.
Deputy Mayor Alfred Mentore, who resides in the community, was at the scene speaking with residents on how the fire started.
