completely destroyed in a fire last Wednesday morning. Divisional Fire Officer Clive McDonald said at about 5:00h, the department received a telephone call about the fire at Tain. Two tenders were immediately dispatched: one from the New Amsterdam Fire Station and another from Rose Hall Town Fire Station.

“The unit arrived and observed heavy smoke and fire emitting from the structure,” a press release from the fire department said. It added that the ground floor of a three-story building was severely damaged while the garage and its contents, which included a vehicle, were destroyed. McDonald said it was the firefighting techniques adopted by the firefighters from Rose Hall who arrived first, that was responsible for the majority of the building being saved.

Preliminary investigations have revealed that the fire was caused by an overheated lithium-ion battery, which ignited nearby combustible materials. (I News Guyana)