Fire ravages Bagotstown house

A view of the upper flat of the house while it was being hosed by firefighters yesterday morning

A fire, suspected to be electrical in origin, gutted a section of a two-storey house at Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara on Saturday morning, leaving a family displaced.

Up to yesterday an extended family of nine persons occupied the Lot 3 Public Road, Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara house, which is situated on the same property as the Med X Pharmacy, next door to the Ray’s Auto Spares.

The fire reportedly started at about 10.15 am