A house at 125 Cummings Street, Buxton, East Coast Demerara, belonging to overseas-based Guyanese Cecily Dover was last evening destroyed by fire in a suspected act of arson.
The fire which began at about 9.15 pm was preceded by an altercation between several female relatives of a youth and Ronald (only name given) a teenager who occupied the house.
Villagers told this newspaper that they believed several neighbours deliberately set the fire to remove the present occupant from the neighbourhood.
Stabroek News understands that the teenager had a disagreement with another youth in the village during which threats of bodily harm and arson were made to Ronald.
Approximately one hour later the house was on fire. Within five minutes the old wooden building was completely engulfed in flames. The fire service arrived 15 minutes after the fire started and battled it, managing to contain the blaze. No other buildings were damaged.
