Pupils, teachers evacuated after fire erupts at West Ruimveldt Primary
Teachers standing on the road outside of the compound
Pupils and teachers were on Wednesday forced to evacuate the West Ruimveldt Primary School in Georgetown after a small fire erupted at the educational facility.
The evacuation was completed at around 11:30h and the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) also succeeded in promptly extinguishing the blaze, mininising the damages.
When the Guyana Times arrived at the scene, members of the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) were seen repairing a burnt wire.
A technician repairing wire
According to the information received, this is the second electrical-related incident that occurred this week. “This is the second incident we had for the week, yesterday (Tuesday) we didn’t have any lights because something tripped out… we called and reported the matter and the (the Ministry of Education) sent a contactor… he came and I don’t know what they check.”
On this point, the source revealed that the Education Ministry would have rewired the building back in July as such they expressed that these issues should not have occurred if the work was done properly. An investigation is underway.
