Vagrants pose concern after Orange Walk blaze

– Fire Chief Gentle
VAGRANTS and the threat their actions pose have become a concern of the Guyana Fire Service (GFS).


Firemen work to prevent the fire from spreading.
Chief Fire Officer Marlon Gentle made the disclosure yesterday, following the Tuesday night blaze, around 21:00h, in Orange Walk, Bourda, Georgetown.

Stall Number Seven in that street, near Bourda Market, was saved by public-spirited citizens who formed a bucket brigade to avert what could have been a greater disaster.

GFS firefighters arrived soon after and were able to reduce the losses. Although the physical structure is still standing, the merchandise inside was mostly waterlogged.


Stall owner Carol Trim looks on helplessly.
The firemen also rescued a pet dog that belongs to the owner, Carol Trim.

Gentle explained that, because investigations are ongoing, he cannot comment further until their completion.

“We have men on the ground investigating presently but, besides the conclusion of that investigation, an urgent concern is vagrants in the vicinity of the market,” he reiterated.

Gentle said the cause of their worry is due to recent incidents in the same vicinity.

Meanwhile, Trim is shocked and frustrated at the destruction.


The rescued dog.
She told the Guyana Chronicle that, on Tuesday night, she had just returned from Issano, in Region Seven (Cuyuni/ Mazaruni), where she does trading.

Trim said her daughter was at the business place but closed it, at her request, to join her.

“I don’t know how this happened,” Trim said, adding that she was elsewhere when she got a call.

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