A sixty-year-old fish vendor of Walton Hall, Region Two died yesterday around 1 pm as a result of a fire that completely gutted his home.
Dead is Ramdass Samdass who shared the dwelling with his common-in- law wife who is currently in police custody assisting with investigations. She was not injured or hurt during the incident. It is unclear what caused the fire and an investigation has been launched by the Anna Regina Fire Station.
According to Leon Ramroop, a nephew of the deceased, he received a call around 2 pm informing him that his uncle’s house was on fire. However, by the time he got there, his uncle had already died. Ramroop related that the fire spread quickly through the wooden house.
Persons who rushed to the scene saw the deceased’s charred body lying lifelessly on the ground. The firefighters at the Anna Regina Fire Station were summoned but by the time they arrived, the entire structure was in flames.
The house had been built by Food for the Poor Guyana Inc for Samdass.
“It’s really sad no one could have save him but the flames was raging all over and when the fire-fighters arrived everything was gone,” a neighbour recounted.
The flames were eventually put out by firefighters and Samdass’ charred body was rushed by public-spirited citizens to the Suddie Public Hospital where he was pronounced dead. The body was subsequently transported to the Suddie Mortuary and is awaiting an autopsy.
In a statement yesterday, the Guyana Fire Service said that it was made aware of the fire at 13:26 hrs and Water Tenders #77 and #88 from the Anna Regina Fire Station were immediately dispatched to the Lot 91 Walton Hall location. Two lines working from Water Tender #88 tank’s supply were used to extinguish the fire.
The fire service expressed condolences to the relatives and friends of Samdass.
