{"id":23176,"date":"2024-09-23T20:30:58","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T20:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=23176"},"modified":"2024-09-23T20:30:59","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T20:30:59","slug":"fire-leaves-two-families-homeless-in-lamaha-springs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/fire-leaves-two-families-homeless-in-lamaha-springs\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire Leaves Two Families Homeless in Lamaha Springs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Residents of the Lamaha Spring squatting area are in urgent need of assistance following a devastating fire that occurred early Wednesday morning, destroying two homes and leaving multiple families homeless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fire, which broke out in the early hours, resulted in the complete loss of belongings for the affected families. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reports indicate that the fire may have been deliberately set after a disagreement between one of the residents and a neighbor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This allegation has been supported by the Guyana Fire Service, which confirmed that the fire was started by unknown individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the victims is Brooke Jones, a mechanic, who expressed the overwhelming loss experienced by her family, stating that they are left with little more than the clothes they are currently wearing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another affected resident, technician Kassa Hodge, noted significant financial losses, including the destruction of five battery bikes and personal electronics belonging to his customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The victims are reaching out to the community for support as they seek to rebuild their lives after this tragic incident. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those willing to help can contact the affected families at +592 720-8447.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This unfortunate event highlights the urgent need for assistance in the wake of unexpected disasters, as the affected individuals face the challenge of starting over from scratch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residents of the Lamaha Spring squatting area are in urgent need of assistance following a devastating fire that occurred early Wednesday morning, destroying two homes and leaving multiple families homeless.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23188,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23176","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\/23176","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=23176"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23192,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23176\/revisions\/23192"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}