Corentyne single mother, children homeless after house ravaged by fire

Runilda Nicholson

A Corentyne single mother of three is now contemplating her next move after a sudden fire destroyed her house at Union Village, Corentyne.

Runilda Nicholson, 30, a mother of three sons of Lot 48 Union Village explained that around 4 pm she started to smell smoke after which her neighbours alerted her that it was coming from her house.

“Them start holler smoke, smoke and I jump up cause I was in the chair in the house and then I see the fire in the backroom and when I watch in the kitchen was bare smoke and I run in the backroom and then I see the bed sponge was on fire and I run and grab the sponge and try to throw it through the house door but due to that it catch on the chairs them and the fire start explode more”, she related.