A 42-year-old miner is currently hospitalised with burns about his body, which he suffered on Wednesday evening while rescuing children from a burning building at Mahdia, in Region Eight.
Seon Garraway saved three children from the apartment building, which was gutted by a fire of unknown origin around 7.45 pm on Wednesday.
One of the apartments in the building was occupied by Garraway and Stanley Lindie, 58. The other was occupied by a couple, Lakeisha Rigby and Eion Ritchie, and their four children, whose ages range from 3 to 10 years.
The fire is suspected to have started in Garraway’s apartment.
At the time, Garraway and Lindie had just returned home from work. Rigby and Ritchie along with their eldest son were said to be at a nearby shop, while the couple’s three other children were alone in their apartment watching television. As a result, Garraway rushed into the burning building to rescue them. He suffered burns to his abdomen, hands and thigh as a result.
The Guyana Fire Service was summoned. However, by time they arrived the house was already destroyed.
Garraway was later taken to the Mahdia District Hospital, where his condition is listed as stable.
An investigation has since been launched to determine the cause of the fire.
