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Mar 31, 2014 News
Fire struck a devastating blow to a young East Coast Demerara business couple, completely destroying their store which had millions of dollars in stock.
The fire, which started just around 05:00 hours yesterday, demolished the Tony and Cavita Shopping Mart at Melsha Road, Mon Repos.
The business is owned by Raul Persaud and his wife of Phase One, Good Hope, East Coast Demerara.
It is the second time that fire struck at the location within the past seven years, and it has left the young couple in anguish.
In March 2007, fire razed a much bigger establishment which was run by Persaud’s father.
When contacted by this newspaper last evening, Persaud said that he had left his home around 05:00 hours to go and open up his other business on the Mon Repos tarmac when he received word that the store was on fire. He said that he does not open the store for business on Sundays and no one was there when the fire started.
According to Persaud, he was just a stone’s throw away from the store and when he reached there the fire had already engulfed the building and there was nothing anyone could do to save it.
Inside were millions of dollars in electronics such as flat screen television sets, DVD and CD players, fans, cell phones and clothing, none of which could have been saved.
The fire service was contacted but by the time they arrived on the scene the building was flattened.
“I applaud the fire service but the time they take to reach here is too long. I think that there should be a fire facility on the Lower East Coast to respond quicker to fires in this part of the Coastland,” Persaud stated.
Two weeks ago, the young businessman had to endure a break in at the location and when he was just about to pick up back from the losses, fire put the final nail in the coffin.
“I don’t know what to think. Right now the situation is terrible,” Persaud lamented.
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