The Guyana Fire Service is working to identify what led to a fire this morning at Lot 136, Fifth Street Alberttown, Georgetown which resulted in the death of foreign nationals, 25-year-old Maria Lina Texidor Alonso and 44-year-old Maria Alejandra Patiño Benjamin.
The call was received at 8:46 am to alert firefighters that a house was on fire at the above address. Water tenders #102 from the Alberttown Fire Station, #100 and #105 from the Central Fire Station along with an ambulance and Emergency Medical Technicians were immediately dispatched to the location.
Hydrants in the vicinity were serviceable but an adjacent open source of water was used to extinguish the fire.
Once the fire was extinguished it was discovered that the two women had been trapped inside the heavily grilled building and tragically died as a result.
The top floor of the building was severely damaged while the ground floor suffered water damage, leaving a total of 13 persons homeless.
Investigations are ongoing.
