Disasters · Charity house fireCharity house fire kills two, including a three-year-old childAired October 20, 2026 at 9:21 AM UTCWritten October 20, 2026 at 9:24 AM UTCRead the write-upThis storyExplore with HeyDexFollow via RSSTranscript · LOADING0:07A house fire killed a woman and a three-year-old child.0:10Firefighters reached the two-story wooden home to find it fully ablaze.0:13Both occupants were found dead after Cruz extinguished the flames.0:16What caused the fire and why the occupants couldn't escape is still unclear.0:20The Guyana Fire Service identified the victims as Donette Albert and Kieran Lachin.0:25Karen was three years old.0:26Their remains were recovered from inside the house.0:29The fire happened at David James Housing Scheme in Charity on Guyana's Esequibo0:34coast.0:35Firefighters responded there to the burning home.0:37The wooden building was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived.0:41Cruz began trying to bring the blaze under control.0:43The fire destroyed the house.0:45Firefighters were told during the response that two occupants were trapped inside.0:49They discovered Albert and Lachan's remains after extinguishing the fire.0:53The sequence places that discovery after Cruz had put out the flames.0:57The fire service hasn't given the alarm, arrival, or extinguishment times.1:01So we don't know how quickly Cruz reached the house or how long they fought the1:05fire.1:05Albert's age is disputed, with conflicting figures of 20 and 29.1:09The incident day is also unresolved.1:12The dates differ between Sunday, October 18th, and early Monday, October 19th, 2026.1:17Two deaths are confirmed, but the full impact on the household is still unclear.1:21Nobody has given account of people displaced from the property.1:24The fire service is investigating where the fire began and what caused it.1:28Nobody has explained why Albert and Lachen couldn't escape.1:31The service hasn't announced a date for releasing its findings.The short
