Fire guts New Providence home

The house at New Providence engulfed in flames

By Subhana Shiwmangal

A fire of unknown origin swept through a two-storey concrete house yesterday afternoon at 16 New Providence, East Bank Demerara.

 No injuries were reported and no neighbouring buildings were affected by the blaze. 

According to relatives, the home is owned by Florence Ramsaroop, the widow of former Guyana High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago and one-time Chairman of the People’s National Congress (PNC), Bishwaishwar ‘Cammie’ Ramsaroop, and occupied by her grandson, Seth Persaud, who was at work when the incident occurred.