Sita `Padam’ Sukhai, 72, perished in a fire that destroyed her one-bedroom wooden house at Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice on Monday.
The fire started around 11:30 pm after a lighted hand lamp that was on a small table in the house was apparently knocked over. The ailing woman lived alone.
A resident, Abdool Rahim said he and his wife, Zaleena were