Several families were rudely awakened from their early morning slumber when a fire raged through four houses in Pike Street, Kitty, Georgetown, razing three to the ground and destroying another leaving some 30 persons homeless.
According to the Police the fire had started at around 03:00h in the Lot 185 Pike Street apartment of Oswald Layne. The buildings destroyed were located at Lot 185 and 191 Pike Street.
The Social Protection Ministry after assessing the situation had provided supplies for the victims as well as alternative living arrangements.
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