{"id":25767,"date":"2025-01-23T15:32:35","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T15:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=25767"},"modified":"2025-01-23T15:32:36","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T15:32:36","slug":"mother-and-daughter-perish-in-west-minster-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/mother-and-daughter-perish-in-west-minster-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother and Daughter Perish in West Minster Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Nakasia Logan<\/em>
December 13, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

An early morning fire in West Minster, West Bank Demerara, claimed the lives of a 75-year-old woman and her 43-year-old bedridden daughter, leaving three others homeless. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The incident occurred around 4:00 a.m. at 1334 West Minster Onderneeming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The deceased have been identified as Phyllis Smith and her daughter, Vanetta Smith, who had been bedridden for several years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Surviving the tragedy are Ricknauth Smith, the son and brother of the deceased, along with his 21-year-old sister Chandine Sookraj and her four-year-old daughter, Veleta Sookraj.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Guyana Fire Service, firefighters received a report of the blaze at 4:45 a.m. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When they arrived at the scene, the wooden house was already destroyed, with only the concrete pillars remaining. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preliminary investigations suggest the fire was caused by an overloaded electrical circuit, which resulted in sparking and ignited nearby combustible materials, rapidly consuming the structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authorities reported that Chandine Sookraj was asleep in the front room with her daughter, while her mother and sister were in another bedroom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She awoke to intense heat and discovered that the other room was engulfed in flames. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Acting quickly, she took her daughter and exited the house through the southern door, alerting neighbors to the fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ricknauth Smith, who was not at home at the time of the fire, is now among the family members displaced by the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fire officials continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding the blaze.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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