Rt Mourant house
– five homeless
The father of three is pleading for assistance from the general ublic. He said that because of the fire he will not be able to send is two children to school on Monday, as everything he owned long with all of their school belongings, was destroyed.
Sookram explained that the owner of the house migrated many years ago and he had been living there and taking care of he house for four years. He said he had often visited the Ministry of Housing seeking a house lot and hopes that one will e provided to him, since he has nowhere else to go.
Meanwhile, residents told this newspaper that the previous aretakers of the house would have to “shake a GPL wire” to get he appliances in the house to work.
According to information, a report of the electrical problem was made to the Guyana Power and Light.
Residents also claimed that the fire service could have saved he bottom flat of the house, where Sookram had all of his applinces. “When dem [the fire service] come de house top alone ad de fire. It get one trench right dere wid water dem didn’t wan go in. Dem go till the koker and be time dem come back de re deh in the whole house,” one woman said. Anyone desirous of assisting the family of five can make conact with Sookram on telephone numbers 336-6361 or 639-6307.