‘Daddy drunk, he couldn’t wake up’ – Boy, 9, recounts desperate bid to save father from Fyrish fire
October 27, 2026
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(Kaieteur News) – A nine-year-old boy tried desperately to wake his father after a fire broke out in their Fyrish Village, Corentyne home shortly after midnight on Monday, but the man, who was reportedly intoxicated, could not be roused before the flames spread.
The child managed to escape the burning house, but his 45-year-old father, Thamsingh Rampersaud, did not survive.
Rampersaud, of Second Street, Fyrish, was found dead inside the charred remains of the building after firefighters extinguished the blaze.
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