Police said Friday that a six-year-old boy has admitted to using a match to start a fire at his parent’s house at Lot 12 Calcutta, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara. The house was completely destroyed.
Police said the fire occurred on Thursday at 09:00 hours.
Police said in a news release that the son’s mother, 33-year-old Odessa Limerick, resides with her reputed husband and her son in a two-story, wooden and concrete building.
Limerick said she left home for work on Thursday, about 06:00 hours, leaving her reputed husband and her son at home.
However, about 09:30 hours on the said date, she received a cellphone call from her aunt, who told her that her house was on fire.
As a result, the Limerick told police she left work and went to her house which was completely engulfed in flames.
The Mahaica fire station was summoned and extinguished the fire.
“Further enquiries revealed that the juvenile was questioned in the presence of his mother and he stated that he went over to his aunt’s house and picked up a box of match which he took home and lit on the mattress in the back room of the upper flat,” police stated in the release.
Investigations are continuing.
