Fire destroys Mahdia apartment, flattens house at Soesdyke

(Kaieteur News) – Two fires destroyed buildings in Mahdia and Soesdyke on Monday, leaving six people homeless following a blaze at a six-apartment building in Central Mahdia.

According to separate reports from the Guyana Fire Service (GFS), firefighters responded to reports of fires at Desert Storm Street, Central Mahdia, and Ivan Road, Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara.

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At Desert Storm Street, Water Carrier #16, under the command of acting Station Officer Scott, and a crew from the Mahdia Fire Station responded to the emergency. Upon arrival, firefighters found the wooden, single-flat, six-apartment building engulfed in flames.