FIRE of unknown origin last evening destroyed three dormitories at the New Opportunity Corps, at Onderneeming in Essequibo, the juvenile holding facility from which 26 inmates escaped on Wednesday evening. Reports say the Bartica Fire Station received a call around 20:00 hrs last evening that the facility was on fire.
They rushed to the scene and found the dormitories ablaze.
Last evening members of the Tactical Services Unit of the Guyana Police Force in Georgetown were being deployed to the area to help restore order.
Earlier yesterday, the 26 juveniles who escaped from the facility on Wednesday night came back on their own, after four of their number was caught by security.
The fire broke out some hours after their return.
Arson is suspected, but this has not been confirmed.