A Canefield, East Canje Berbice taxi driver on Sunday evening lost all of his belongings after a fire completely destroyed the house he occupied for the last twelve years.
Phoenix Wilson, also known as `Junior’, 29, yesterday told Stabroek News that he was occupying the two-storey, three-apartment wooden house located along the Canefield Public Road by himself.
According to him, on Sunday evening he was at a car wash when one of his friends who was passing informed him that his house was completely engulfed in flames.
According to residents, the fire started just around 7. 15 pm on Sunday.
He said he rushed over to the scene where he saw fire-fighters working to extinguish the blaze.
“When I come I see the fire people, police and about 1000 people deh on the road and the house been done deh burn down,” a devastated Wilson noted yesterday morning.
Wilson stated that residents have since reported to him that the fire was coming from around the house “like if somebody throw gasoline right away round.”
Wilson suspects that someone purposely started the fire as according to him several days prior to the incident, he discovered that someone had entered his yard “thief me clothes them and burn me jersey.”
According to Wilson, while he did not file an official police complaint for that matter since he was unsure who to suspect “because me ain’t really get a problem with nobody” he asked his neighbours to have a lookout just in case the perpetrator returned.
He added, “I’m a quiet person, I don’t really talk talk much so I don’t really have an issue with anyone.”
The man estimated his losses to be over $1M as according to him his apartment was fully furnished. The owners of the property are said to be residing overseas.
Wilson can be contacted on telephone number 697 – 9614. A distraught Wilson yesterday pointed out that everything he has worked for over the last twelve years was destroyed in the fire leaving him with nothing. He said, one of his friends offered to have him stay over until he figures out his next move.
“I sleep by one of my friend last night (following the fire) and deh is where I deh right now, me ain’t know wah I gonna do.”
