Disabled daughter among three left homeless after Bloomfield fire

(Kaieteur News) – Bhagwatie Ramcharan, also known as “Sharmela”, of Bloomfield Village, Corentyne, Berbice, is appealing for public assistance after a fire destroyed the upper flat of her two-storey home last Wednesday, leaving her, her husband and their 35-year-old disabled daughter homeless.

Ramcharan, 54, told Kaieteur News that the fire started at approximately 3:20 p.m. while she was at home packing clothes on a table near the fence on the lower flat of the building.

She said she detected an unusual smell and decided to enter the house to investigate. Her 58-year-old husband, Dwarkanauth Budhram, a lorry driver, was not at home at the time.