Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, President David Granger Saturday afternoon,

expressed sympathy to the ranks of the Guyana Defence Force’s (GDF) 21 Artillery Company who were injured while preparing for a scheduled firework display in celebration of Guyana’s 50th Republic Anniversary.

Several ranks of the 21 Artillery Company were preparing for the firework display when there was spontaneous combustion at approximately 13:30hours aback the Force’s Coast Guard location at Ruimveldt. That combustion resulted in a number of pyrotechnics being destroyed and rendered un-useable. The Ministry of the Presidency released these photos showing President Granger’s interactions with some of the injured ranks, their families and medical staff of the Georgetown Public Hospital