{"id":18992,"date":"2024-04-22T21:13:35","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T21:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=18992"},"modified":"2024-04-22T21:13:43","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T21:13:43","slug":"family-of-four-left-homeless-after-fire-in-providence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/family-of-four-left-homeless-after-fire-in-providence\/","title":{"rendered":"Family of Four Left Homeless After Fire in Providence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Nakasia Logan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a devastating incident this morning, a fire engulfed a residence at Lot 12 Old Road, Providence, East Bank Demerara, leaving a family of four homeless. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two children\u2014a 9-year-old son and an 18-year-old daughter with a disability\u2014without a place to call home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Neighbor Melvin Lall recounted hearing crackling sounds and discovering the neighboring building already engulfed in flames. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fire rapidly spread, consuming the one-flat wooden structure and destroying everything in its path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hope, the occupant of the residence, shared her harrowing experience with NCN News. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She had just stepped out briefly when she received news of the fire. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite her efforts to rush back, she found herself unable to salvage any belongings as the flames took hold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hope expressed additional distress over losing recently purchased items intended to restart her business, as she was one of the vendors displaced along Red Road, Providence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the lost possessions were essential equipment such as a washing chair, a bed, and two brand-new gas stoves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now facing the daunting task of rebuilding their lives, Hope and her family are in urgent need of assistance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone wishing to extend a helping hand can reach out to Hope directly at 661-4308.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This tragic event serves as a reminder of the importance of community support and solidarity during times of crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Nakasia Logan In a devastating incident this morning, a fire engulfed a residence at Lot 12 Old Road, Providence, East Bank Demerara, leaving a family of four homeless. Two&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":18993,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18992","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\/18992","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=18992"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18994,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18992\/revisions\/18994"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}