





GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — A 54-year-old man allegedly committed suicide after he accidentally set fire to his neighbour's home, leaving seven people homeless.







Police said that Indar 'Suresh' Prashad of Corentyne was found hanging in his bedroom hours after the fire, which he had started in his own yard, spread to his neighbour's property.







His distraught wife told reporters she had gone in search of her husband after he had gone into their home and found that he was taking long to return.







The fire destroyed the home of Lalchand Permaloo leaving the family of seven - who were not present at the time, homeless and with millions of dollars in losses.







"Suresh should have never taken his life, since his family would never blame him for anything. We are friends, we are neighbours. He shouldn't do this; nobody would never blame he: This fire happen and done. We can get things back, but we can't get back life," Permaloo told the Guyana Times newspaper.







The newspaper reported that the Guyana Fire Service came in for heavy criticism after it arrived at the scene one hour after the first call was made and soon ran out of water.