{"id":17314,"date":"2024-03-16T18:48:01","date_gmt":"2024-03-16T18:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=17314"},"modified":"2024-03-16T18:48:19","modified_gmt":"2024-03-16T18:48:19","slug":"fire-renders-berbice-family-homeless-six-affected-by-blaze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/fire-renders-berbice-family-homeless-six-affected-by-blaze\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire Renders Berbice Family Homeless; Six Affected by Blaze"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Royan Abrams<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A devastating fire of unknown origin engulfed a two-storey house in New Area Canefield, East Canje Berbice, earlier today, leaving six people homeless and prompting an investigation by the Guyana Fire Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to reports from the scene, the fire erupted around 7:30 in the morning, catching the occupants off guard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Melissa Romalho, one of the residents, recounted how she spotted smoke billowing from the upper level of the house while conversing with her husband. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She immediately sprang into action, searching for her two children and alerting the other occupants to evacuate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Melissa&#8217;s mother, Elna Thornhill, who was in the shower at the time of the incident, expressed shock and disbelief, stating that she was unaware of what may have caused the fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the family grapples with the aftermath of the blaze and the loss of their home, they are reaching out for assistance from the public. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those willing to extend a helping hand to the affected family can contact them at telephone number 653-6497.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cause of the fire is currently under investigation by the Guyana Fire Service, as authorities work to determine the factors that led to the devastating incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Royan Abrams A devastating fire of unknown origin engulfed a two-storey house in New Area Canefield, East Canje Berbice, earlier today, leaving six people homeless and prompting an investigation&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17315,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17314"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17316,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17314\/revisions\/17316"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}