A prison officer and three elderly female relatives are now homeless after a fire destroyed their homes on the same compound near the Tabaquite Secondary School on the afternoon of November 18.

Rishi Ramlal, 45, his mother, Chandra Sammy, 74, and her two sisters, Sita Sammy, 67, and Tulsie Sammy, 76, lost all their household items in both structures.

Sita lived in the concrete two-bedroom structure at the back, while her nephew and her two sisters lived in the front wooden and concrete structure at Emmanuel Junction, Guaracara/Tabaquite Road.