A woman and her four children died in an early morning fire yesterday at Second Street, No. 64 Village, Corentyne.
Those who perished were Hemwatie Singh, 34, Kelvin Ramjatan called ‘Rovin’, a 14-year-old; Brandon Ramjatan called ‘Ravin’, a 10-year-old special needs child; Tomesh Ramjatan called ‘Arvin’, age two years; and his sister Cindy Ramjatan called ‘Emily’, an 11-year-old pupil of New Market Primary School.
The police said in a statement that they were all awake and attempting to escape the fire. They tried to run out of the house but as they saw the large flames in front of the house, they turned back and went upstairs and were trapped in the fire.
