Timehri supermarket goes up in flames

The front of the supermarket

By Abigail Headley

A Timehri supermarket owner, his family and his employees are now devastated after an early morning fire ravaged the  business yesterday.

The fire, which occurred around 3:00 am yesterday, has left Ravindra Kalnarine aka ‘Churchill’, owner of Churchill’s Supermarket and Variety Store with significant losses.

Recounting the incident to Stabroek News (SN), the man’s daughter, Gauri noted that she and her mother locked up the Base Road Timehri business on Tuesday night and the family of three retired to bed. She said that she was awakened around 3:00 am to the sound of banging on their gate and her neighbours shouting. Upon coming out of her room she noticed a lot of smoke in the house and immediately realized what was going on.