Within the last 36 hours a total of four fires in Berbice has left untold damages and destruction to properties and 24 persons homeless.
Stabroek News was informed that at Palmyra, a security guard and his family were at home celebrating Diwali when their home caught fire resulting in its complete destruction and loss of family possession. Boodnarine Dhanraj, 52, of Lot 77 Palmyra Village, explained that at 18:30 hrs, he and his family were outdoor lighting diyas when they noticed fire erupting from the upper flat. “Everybody went downstairs, them children were in front playing and I just sit down in the hammock and I hear them holler ‘fire’”, a devastated Dhanraj explained. According to him, he grabbed his granddaughter and immediately rushed out the yard. He said at that time his main focus was ensuring that all of his family members were outside of harm’s way.
