The mother of the two boys who died in a fire at Moblissa on Sunday morning had left them alone while she went in search of kuru fruit to sell.
The fire occurred around 7:30 am. The single parent was taken into custody by the police.
Dead are three-year-old Debron Skellekie and 6-year-old Demario Skellekie. They lived with their mother in a small flat house.
According to a report from the Guyana Police Force, 38-year-old Latoya Skellekie, the mother of the two children said that she had left them home asleep with the doors and windows open, while she went to get kuru to sell. She would usually sell fruits at a stand in front of her home on the highway.