A fire of unknown origin destroyed a two-storey wooden and concrete structure belonging to Marlyn Fraser, also known as Baba, a 64-year-old self-employed woman of Lot 22 Weldaad Village, West Coast Berbice.
The police say that the incident occurred at approximately 4 yesterday afternoon.
Fraser occupied the structure, measuring approximately 40×40, with her six children and two grandchildren, ages six and four years.