2 injured after inmate sets fire at Camp St Prison

Two inmates of the Camp Street Prison are now nursing first and second-degree burns after another prisoner set fire to one of the cells at the facility on Monday.
Injured are 25-year-old Christopher Stanley who sustained second-degree burns on various parts of his body and 35-year-old Delon Blake who received first-degree burns to his upper right shoulder.
The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) in a release on Tuesday stated that it received reports of a fire at the correctional facility at about 14:10h which led to the deployment of several water tenders and some 18 firefighters.
Upon arriving at the scene, the fire was detected in a three-storey concrete and metal building. The fire, however, destroyed one mattress and a quantity of clothing.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the blaze was started by an inmate who lit a mattress using a lighter, which then ignited nearby combustible materials. Before the arrival of the Fire Service at the scene, prison officers were able to put out the blaze by using three 4.5 kg dry chemical extinguishers.
Nevertheless, Stanley and Blake were injured during the inferno. Further investigations are ongoing to determine the full circumstances surrounding the incident.
The GFS urges all institutions to review their fire safety protocols and ensure that fire prevention and suppression equipment is readily available and maintained.