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.