Christmas Day fire leaves Corentyne family homeless
-neighbouring houses damaged
A Christmas Day fire has left a Corentyne family homeless after their fully furnished two-story wooden house was completely destroyed.
Ravichand Rama also known as “Ravi”, 33, a labourer at the Albion Estate and Reshma Dindyal, 30, occupied the house with their three children at Lot 193 Ankerville, Port Mourant, Corentyne.
According to information gathered, Rama and his family visited his father-inlaw at Number 19 Village, Corentyne, after which they headed over to a friend’s house at Albion Front when they received the horrid news that their house was on fire.
The family rushed home and saw that the entire building had already been engulfed in flames. Rama phoned the Rose Hall Fire Service immediately.
Firefighters after arriving at the scene immediately went into action and they were able to eventually put out the fire but Rama’s house had already been completely destroyed.
The man could not give an estimate of his losses but told investigators that it would be in the millions since the house was completely furnished. He also said that they had turned off all electrical appliances before leaving home, as such he is at a complete loss as to what could have caused the fire.
The family can be contacted through their father in law on telephone number 613 8131.
In addition to destroying Rama’s house, the fire also damaged the neighbouring houses on both sides.
Chandrawattie Deokharan, who resides at Lot 166 Ankerville, Port Mourant, lost six louvre panels and ten meters of PVC guttering due to the intense heat coming from the fire, while Andy Dhanessar of Lot 195 Ankerville, Port Mourant lost five louvre panels on the northern side of his house.
Both houses were also scorched.