An early morning fire, suspected to be electrical in origin, yesterday destroyed a fully furnished, five-bedroom house in Port Mourant, Corentyne, leaving a security guard, his wife and their three children homeless.
Tilack Sookram, 37, of Lot 41 Port Mourant, Corentyne, told this newspaper that he and his wife left home early yesterday morning. He explained that he left to go to work and his wife decided that she would make an early morning trip to the market.