A pregnant woman and her family are in despair following a fire which completely gutted their recently renovated home at 21 Poker Street, Wismar, Linden, last week Tuesday.
Lovern Jacks, the sister of the home owner, explained to Stabroek News in an interview this week that her sister resides in the United States, however, the woman’s children, one-year-old grandson and daughter in law who is currently six months pregnant, resided at the home.
According to Jacks, no one was home at the time of the incident since the daughter-in-law was experiencing labour pains and was at the hospital. She recounted that at around 12.00 midnight, she received a call from her neighbour telling her that the house was up in flames.