An electrical fire on Monday evening at Sisters Village, East Bank Berbice, swept through three houses, leaving at least six people homeless.
Sharmila Seetaram, a 39-year-old single mother of Lot 28 Sisters Village, East Bank Berbice told Stabroek News yesterday evening that smoke was seen emanating from the front room of her home at about 18:15 hrs. Seetaram said that she was outside with her niece conversing with friends, when neighbours ran over and shouted, “fire in the front room.”
According to Seetaram, the fire started in the ceiling of the front room and initially they thought it could be contained. Neighbours entered the house and tried to put out the fire, she said, but it continued to spread to different parts of the home since it was a windy night.
