These photographs which were sourced from the social media pages of the Department of Public Information (DPI), Ministry of Education, Ministry of Home Affairs, the Office of the Prime Minster and the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), capture the aftermath of Sunday’s deadly fire at the Mahdia Secondary School’s female dormitory. According to the latest update from officials, a five-year-old boy and 18 female students perished, while six students were air-dashed to Georgetown for urgent medical care. Others are hospitalised at Mahdia. Students from the Region Eight communities of Karisparu, El Paso, Micobie and Chenapao are accommodated in the school’s male and female d

orms.