A 29-year-old man from Na­pari­ma/Ma­yaro Road, Union Vil­lage, is lucky to have es­caped with on­ly mi­nor in­juries af­ter his home caught fire ear­ly yes­ter­day morn­ing.  

Ameer Mo­hammed said he was asleep around 2 am in the liv­ing room of his house, when he was awak­ened by a crack­ling sound. He said he looked up to see bright flash­es. By the time he ran out­side, the elec­tric­i­ty pan­el out­side the house was spark­ing and on fire.

Mo­hammed said a wire fell on­to the house and set his wood­en home ablaze. 

“I lost all my doc­u­ments, all my birth pa­per,  ID card, dri­vers li­cence,” he said.

“Thank God I have my life still,” he added.

Mo­hammed said fire of­fi­cers had to be de­ployed from the Rio Claro Fire Sta­tion, which is about an hour away. He said by the time fire of­fi­cers ar­rived, every­thing had al­ready been en­gulfed in flames. 

Mo­hammed, who lived in the house for over 15 years, is ap­peal­ing for as­sis­tance.

Any­one wish­ing to help can con­tact 314 7984 or 375 5715.