Four persons, including an elderly woman, lost their Canal Number Two Polder home to fire on Thursday evening.
Mariam Singh, 81, her grand-daughter Shridevi Rajbar and her two children, ages one and eleven, occupied the house, which is believed to have been destroyed by an electrical fire.
The celebration of festival of lights turned into mourning at 7pm on Thursday, when young men in the community spotted thick smoke coming from the upper flat of Singh’s home and called out to the occupants.
An emotional Singh said that she was in a hammock on the lower flat of the two-storey building, when she heard shouts of from neighbours