A GUYANA Power & Light (GPL) pole, at Better Hope on Essequibo Coast, caught afire Sunday night around 23:00 hrs, after a farmer started to burn dry paddy straw in his field.According to reports, he left the burning flames unsupervised and it could have caused serious problems to the GPL transmission and distribution network in the ‘Cinderella County’.
Reports said the post, which supports power lines, is on a dam near the rice field and was set ablaze after the flames got out of control.
However, the blazing pole was spotted by a group of church members who were going to Somerset and Berks Village from a crusade at Westbury.
The alerted Voice of Faith Miracle Ministries members quickly called the GPL station at Anna Regina and informed employees who put out the flames and saved the network from being damaged.