A family of six persons residing at Tain Settlement, East Berbice-Corentyne (Region Six) are homeless after fire destroyed their home this afternoon.
Among the homeless are four children aged 12, 10, 6 and 4.
Owner of the home Jagdeo Ramoutar told Village Voice News that the fire started at about 15:30h in the upper flat of their two-storey concrete and wooden home.
The Guyana Fire Service is at the scene and is trying to quell the blaze.
More details will be published as they become available (Farah Bates-Ali)
