{"id":26877,"date":"2025-03-12T14:00:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T14:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26877"},"modified":"2025-03-12T14:00:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T14:00:23","slug":"91-year-old-man-left-homeless-after-durban-street-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/91-year-old-man-left-homeless-after-durban-street-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"91-Year-Old Man Left Homeless After Durban Street Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Nakasia Logan<\/em><br><em>February 12, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A <strong>91-year-old man<\/strong>, <strong>Herbert Gaskin<\/strong>, is now homeless after a devastating fire consumed his wooden house in <strong>Durban Street, Werk-En-Rust<\/strong> earlier this morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fire broke out shortly after <strong>9 a.m.<\/strong>, and by the time emergency responders arrived, it had already spread rapidly, reducing the structure to rubble. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gaskin was <strong>rushed to the hospital<\/strong> by <strong>Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs)<\/strong> after suffering from <strong>smoke inhalation<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two elderly women at the scene were also attended to by EMTs but did not require further medical attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The blaze also caused damage to nearby properties. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>back section of a nearby building<\/strong> was scorched, and another building sustained <strong>minor damages<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fortunately, no further injuries were reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Firefighters were praised for their efforts in containing the fire to just Gaskin&#8217;s home despite the close proximity of other structures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cause of the fire remains under investigation, with <strong>crime scene investigators<\/strong> present at the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emergency personnel continue to assess the situation, and efforts are underway to assist those affected by the fire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Nakasia LoganFebruary 12, 2025 A 91-year-old man, Herbert Gaskin, is now homeless after a devastating fire consumed his wooden house in Durban Street, Werk-En-Rust earlier this morning. The fire&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-26877","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\/26877","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=26877"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26878,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26877\/revisions\/26878"}],"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=26877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}