Fire guts newly-built home days before owners move in – INews Guyana
A fire on Tuesday morning destroyed a newly-built house, just days before owner Michael Ramnarine and his family had planned to move in.
Ramnarine, 30, a fish vendor, was trying to move out of his mother-in-law’s home, which he occupied with his wife and three children for the past nine years.
He was hoping to move into his new home this weekend.
In March of this year, he bought a plot of land at Chesney New Housing Scheme and immediately started constructing his new home.
The two-storey, three-bedroom house was almost completed.
However, on Tuesday morning, it was destroyed by fire.
Ramnarine believes it was an act of arson.
“We don’t have electricity or anything (connected) to the house, and there is no house nearby,” he said.
The fish vendor said that at about 00:30h on Tuesday morning, someone telephoned him and told him that his house was on fire.
“I meet at about 12:45, and when I meet the fire was blazing… I want to know who bun down the house, I didn’t see nobody but the house bun down.”
Ramnarine said he had been putting all his efforts into constructing his new home, and as he acquired funds, he purchased material.
On Monday, he plastered a section of the concrete wall on the lower flat and had planned to paint to the exterior on Friday.
According to the fish vendor, he was planning to purchase tiles and a sink for the kitchen which he would have installed on Thursday.
He said he struggled to get that far.
“As I get money, I buy blocks and the wood I buy like $150,000 and $80,000 a next time; as I sell and save my money, I would buy materials,” he explained.
The police are investigating.
Persons who may wish to make contact with R
amnarine can do so on 706-1218.
