The body of a 47-year-old US-based Guyanese was found dead in a garage fire in Jamaica, Queens on Thursday last.
According to an ABC 7 News report, firefighters arrived at the blaze on 89th Avenue at around 2 am on Thursday and found the 47-year-old man’s body after they put out the fire in the detached garage.
Dead is Tatium Bhajan called ‘Mollie’, of Number 57 Village, Corentyne, Berbice and the USA.
According to the news report, the authorities said it appeared that he might have been working on his car at the time of the fire. It took firefighters about an hour to extinguish the flames. The garage collapsed while firefighters were working to put out flames.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.