At about 11.44 pm on Saturday, water tenders from the Leonora fire station responded to a call about a house on fire at Lot 22 East Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara.
Upon arrival, the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) said that firefighters saw a two-storey wooden and concrete building engulfed in flames.
The house was owned by 83-year-old Azin Azeez, which he occupied with his family of five.
As a result of the fire, the GFS said that the building and its contents were destroyed, leaving six persons homeless.
The fire was the result of an overload of electrical wiring from the ceiling, which ignited nearby combustible materials.
One line working from water tender #108 tank supply, two lines from water tender #81 tank supply, and buckets of water were used to extinguish the fire.
