-say buildings could have been saved
Bush Lot business owners who are reeling from a massive blaze on Monday which left one man dead and completely destroyed three buildings housing a total of six businesses, believe that had the GFS had better equipment the fire would have been quickly contained and their businesses saved.
The dead man has been identified as Carl Rajendra Persaud, 54, who resided at Lot 16 ‘B’ Bush Lot Public Road, WCB, which had a two-storey wooden and concrete building. Persaud lived on the upper flat, and the lower flat housed the Nalico & Nafico Insurance Office.
Ruth Persaud, an overseas-based Guyanese, owned the property at Lot 15 ‘B’ Bush Lot Public Road, WCB, a wooden and concrete building. The building was also destroy-ed and while the upper flat was vacant, the the lower flat housed the Medical Aid Pharmacy, owned by Rochelle Cheefoon, a 38-year-old businesswoman of Lot 163 Lovely Lass Village, WCB and Ramesh’s Jewellery, own-ed by Ramesh Khemraj, a 46-year-old businessman residing at 103 Sec ‘B’ Bush Lot Village, WCB.