By Subhana Shiwmangal
A fire of unknown origin yesterday claimed the life of Amanie Abrahams, a three-year-old boy from Lot 146 Cooper Street, Albouystown and left a mother along with two other children homeless.
The fire destroyed the dwelling of Tandica Bailey, a 28-year-old clothes vendor of the same address, at about 01:30 hrs yesterday.
The Guyana Police Force (GPF) in a statement said that investigations revealed that Bailey resided in a 15×10 wooden structure that rested on concrete blocks about three feet off of the ground facing east on Cooper Street with her three children, ages 11, 4 and 3. At about 07:00hrs on Sunday, Bailey left home for work on Regent Street, leaving her three children at home. About 01:36hrs yesterday, when Bailey was about to return home, she was informed that her house was on fire. She rushed home and saw the 11-year-old and 4-year-old children who told her that after the fire started, they ran out of the house and due to the heat, the three-year-old was left behind on a bed in the room.
