An air-conditioning unit malfunctioned and caused the fire which gutted the upper flat of a Charlestown house on Wednesday night, Fire Chief Kalamadeen Edoo confirmed yesterday.
In a telephone interview with Stabroek News, Edoo disclosed that an investigation has found that the fire was electrical in origin.
The unit “… was sparking and ignited with combustible items in the vicinity including a blind,” Edoo explained.
