The Guyana Fire Service is investigating two fires which occurred earlier today.

The first fire was reported at around 1:00 am and involved a one flat wooden building owned and occupied by twenty-nine year old Onika Jacobs and her family of six (6) located at Kuru Kuru Sandpit Squatting Area, Soesdyke-Linden Highway.

The supposed cause of the fire is a curtain which came into contact with a lighted candle. The curtain ignited and spread to the entire building.

The occupants of the building used buckets of water to extinguish the fire before the arrival of the Guyana Fire Service.

However, the building and its contents were destroyed, leaving seven persons homeless.

Additionally, at around 12:00 hours today the GFS was alerted to a fire at Delon’s Sports Bar, Coomacka Mines, Linden.

The structure involved was a one flat wooden and concrete building which is used for recreational purposes as well as a dwelling house, owned and occupied by Delon Thomas.

Preliminary investigations have revealed that the fire was a result of a malicious act by person(s) unknown.

As a result of the fire a quantity of clothing and a mattress were destroyed. One stabilizer, one wooden bed frame, a freezer and the entire roof of the building were also damaged.

Neighbors used buckets of water to extinguish the fire before the arrival of the Fire Service.

Due to the location of both fires the Guyana Fire Service had much difficulty gaining access as the terrain was not conducive to our heavy duty appliances.