-faulty GPL connection suspected
By Subhana Shiwmangal
A fire apparently resulting from a faulty electric wire connection to the building, razed a two-storey wooden home at Lot 15 ‘A’ Bennet Dam, D’Edward Village, West Coast Berbice, on December 31, 2024, leaving a family of six counting their losses.
The upper flat of the home was occupied by Jane Bhagmania, 61, her husband, Mohamed Khan, 63, and their 7-year-old granddaughter. The lower flat was occupied by Zorina Khan and her two children – ages 17 and 13- who were asleep when the fire occurred. No injuries were reported.
Bhagmania told the Stabroek News that she went to another house next door to do some laundry when she smelt smoke. She looked up and saw fire on the electric wire that was connected to her upper flat. She panicked as she remembered that minutes before, she had sent her 7-year-old grandchild upstairs after she had given her a bath. She immediately screamed out for her but, not loudly enough because of a recent surgery she had done to her throat.
