Thirteen persons from four different families are now homeless after the house they were living in was maliciously set on fire.
The Guyana Fire Service, in a statement, noted that the fire started at about 02:34hrs at Grove Public Road, East Bank Demerara on Friday.
Water tenders from the Eccles and Diamond fire stations were immediately dispatched to the location.
The structure was a two-storey wooden and concrete building owned by Dacie Metamon, who is deceased.
While firefighters managed to extinguish the blaze, the building and everything inside was destroyed.