{"id":26082,"date":"2025-02-01T22:12:14","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T22:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26082"},"modified":"2025-02-01T22:12:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T22:12:15","slug":"nine-homeless-after-early-morning-fire-in-louisa-row-georgetown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/nine-homeless-after-early-morning-fire-in-louisa-row-georgetown\/","title":{"rendered":"Nine Homeless After Early Morning Fire in Louisa Row, Georgetown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Nakasia Logan, NCN News \u2013 December 31, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A devastating fire early this morning in Louisa Row, Georgetown, has left nine individuals, including school-aged children and an infant, homeless after it destroyed two homes and partially damaged a third.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fire reportedly started around 3:00 AM and quickly engulfed the wooden structures, leaving residents with little time to salvage their belongings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Firefighters responded promptly but were unable to save the homes due to the rapid spread of the flames.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eyewitnesses indicated that the fire began in one of the houses on Louisa Row and quickly spread to nearby homes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The displaced families include two school-aged children, Josh (14) and Anna (15), who are now uncertain about their return to school, as well as their older sister Kellyann Wilkinson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nicola Seepaul Petrie, the children\u2019s aunt, expressed that her sister and her children have lost everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She recounted that she had heard a crackling sound while in bed and, upon investigation, saw the fire spreading. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her sister-in-law and father managed to rescue the children, but much was lost. &#8220;It was just my small niece and nephew\u2019s passports they were able to save,&#8221; she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;My big niece lost everything. Everything was gutted.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yvette Prescott-Stewart, a former GTT employee, also lost her home and personal documents in the blaze. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 70-year-old woman, who suffered minor burns during the incident, recalled hearing cries for help from her neighbors before the fire completely consumed her home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The affected families are now seeking shelter with relatives and neighbors, urgently needing clothing, food, and school supplies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those wishing to assist can contact Ms. Yvette\u2019s Godson at 653-8395 or the Wilkinson family\u2019s aunt at 672-1168. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Local relief organizations are also coordinating efforts to provide support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Kwame McCoy, who was passing by the area, stopped to offer assistance, and an investigation into the cause of the fire is currently underway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Nakasia Logan, NCN News \u2013 December 31, 2024 A devastating fire early this morning in Louisa Row, Georgetown, has left nine individuals, including school-aged children and an infant, homeless&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-26082","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\/26082","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=26082"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26083,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26082\/revisions\/26083"}],"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=26082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}