Two persons were left homeless on Wednesday in West Ruimveldt after an act of arson.
The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) said it received a call at 9:47 hrs on Wednesday and was alerted to a fire at Lot 389 Coralita Street, West Ruimveldt, Georgetown.
A GFS release said that water tenders #76, #105 and #107 from the Central and West Ruimveldt Fire Stations immediately responded to the scene where firefighters found a one-flat wooden and concrete building on fire.
The building was owned by the late Sherry Daniels and occupied by twenty-two year old Shamar Daniels and twenty-five year old Alpha Daniels.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the fire was maliciously set by a thirty-year-old, the GFS said.
As a result of the fire the house and its contents were destroyed leaving the two persons homeless.
One line working from WT#107 tank supply in conjunction with a hydrant and one line working from WT#105 tank supply were used to extinguish the fire, the GFS said.
