A labourer was burnt to death in his house at Number 3 Village, West Coast Berbice on Thursday evening, while his brother was badly scorched during desperate attempts to save him.
The charred remains of Fazim Ally Asgar, 49, who lived alone in the one-bedroom house, was pulled from the debris after the blaze was quelled. The cause of the fire was unclear but persons suspected that it might have been caused either by a lit cigarette or a lit mosquito coil.
Relatives were not sure at first if Asgar was in the house because they noticed a padlock on the