Family made homeless after huge house fire

A Gatineau family could end up on the street because her house burned in a fire just after the mom gave birth.

6 homeless after Corentyne fire

Six persons are now homeless after a fire destroyed their Corentyne home on Monday afternoon. Twenty-two-year-old Nazeema Shivmangal, a government part-time 10-day worker attached to the Gilbralter-Fryish Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) lived in the two-storey wooden and concrete 3-bedroom building situated at the Lot 2 ‘D’ Fyrish Village, Corentyne, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) home along with her husband and their three children,…

‘It all happened so fast. There was no time to save anything’

At approximately 8pm yesterday, a devastating fire broke out on Urau Place in Nadawa, leaving a local family without a home. Suresh Chand and his wife, Sarojini Chand, were tragically displaced when the blaze engulfed their property, destroying everything inside. The fire reportedly spread quickly, consuming the family’s belongings and leaving them with nothing, but ashes. The cause of the fire is yet to be determined, and investigations are ong…

Family of three homeless after electrical fire in Duvernay

A family of three from Duvernay is temporarily homeless after a fire believed to be caused by a freak electrical accident seriously damaged their home on du Genévrier St. around noon on May 12. Laval Fire Dept. investigators suspect that high winds around half past noon that day may have damaged aluminum cladding on the house, bringing it into contact with an electrical power line. Current from the line may have flowed into metal rain gutters ou…

Family made homeless after huge house fire

Three fire crews rushed to the scene