A 26-year-old mother of three, whose two-bedroom home located at Number 60 Village, Corentyne, Berbice was completely destroyed by fire on Tuesday afternoon, is seeking assistance from the public to help rebuild.
Hemwattie Brijbhukan and her three children ages 10, 7, and 4 are now homeless after she fell asleep and forgot to check the pot that was cooking on the gas stove.
Brijbhukan who was the only one at home at the time of the incident as her three children were at school, told Stabroek News that on Tuesday morning around 4:30 she awoke up and wasn’t feeling well, so she took some medication and returned to bed. At around 1 pm she got up and put on a pot of rice to boil. While the rice was cooking, she went back to bed because she was still feeling sleepy. She noted that the children had had their lunch at her mother’s and returned to school.