A fire of unknown origin destroyed a one-storey wooden and concrete building at Lot 40, Second Avenue, Bartica, Region 7 on Sunday afternoon.
According to a release from the Guyana Fire Service [GFS], on Sunday last, at approximately 15:36 pm, the GFS was alerted to a fire and water tenders from the Bartica Fire Station were immediately dispatched. Upon arrival, fire-fighters observed a one-story wooden and concrete building, owned by Bhagwanttie Rohit-Joseph, 57-years- old, and occupied by Bheesham Rohit, 31, and Camacy Hendricks, 25, engulfed in flames.