Quick response by firefighters attached to the Central Fire Station in Berbice yesterday prevented a two-storey house from being destroyed by a fire, which had been started by two preschoolers, aged five and three years old.
The flames only managed to destroy a bedroom and its contents at the back of the wooden and concrete structure before being extinguished by the firefighters.
The Jardines, who occupy the Lot 2 Islington, Greater New Amsterdam house, were relieved and grateful yesterday no