A FIRE during the wee hours of the morning on Christmas Eve destroyed the administrative building at the Diamond Secondary School on the East Bank of Demerara.

According to a release from the Ministry of Education, at around 01:20hrs on Monday, the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) responded to the report of a fire at the school and upon arrival, found that the administrative building which housed the headteacher and deputy’s offices along with the computer laboratory and the library were engulfedin flames.

The ministry said that thanks to the GFS’s prompt response, firemen were able to contain the blaze to that building alone, which is now completely destroyed.
It said that while the cause of the fire is still unknown, inspections were done by the GFS to ascertain whether there was a power surge affecting that area at the time of the blaze, and found there was nothing untoward.

“It should be noted that no other building was affected or damaged by the fire, and therefore school will reopen as scheduled,” the ministry said, adding that it is currently engaging the school’s administration and other Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) officials to ensure plans are in place to cater for the smooth operations of the school when the new school term begins.