Valiant efforts by firefighters resulted in the containment of a major fire that threatened to destroy three houses on the west coast of Demerara.

At about 11:21 a.m. on January 3, the Guyana Fire Service received a call and was alerted to a fire at Lot 3 B New Road, Vreed-En-Hoop, West Coast Demerara.

Water tenders from the La Grange and Eccles fire stations were immediately dispatched to the location.

Upon arrival, firefighters observed a two-storey wooden and concrete building engulfed in flames.

The building was owned and occupied by 67-year-old Harry Deodharry.

As a result of the fire, the first floor of the building was severely damaged and its contents destroyed, while the ground floor sustained water damage.

Additionally, another two-storey wooden and concrete building located at Lot 2 B New Road, Vreed-en-Hoop, was also affected by the blaze, with 1 m of PVC guttering being slightly damaged due to radiated heat from the building of origin.

Two jets working from Water Tender #111 and an open water source were used to extinguish the blaze.

Investigations are being conducted by the Fire Prevention Department to ascertain what caused the fire.