Five persons are now homeless following a fire yesterday in West Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara.
Yesterday at 1:12 pm the GFS received a call about a fire at Lot 130 Fourth Street.
A release from the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) said that water tenders #81, #116 and crews under the command of Sub-officer Fraser from the Leonora Fire Station were immediately dispatched to the location with the first tender arriving on the scene at 13:21 p.m.
The building involved was a two-storey wooden and concrete house owned by Mohamed Safdur and occupied by Shazim Safdur and his four family members.