THE Guyana Fire Service (GFS), on Thursday afternoon, managed to extinguish a fire, which destroyed the building housing Eldorado Trading and damaged two others.
The Guyana Chronicle was told that the fire service was alerted to the fire at the Lot 63 Da Silva Street, Newtown, Kitty business just after 17:00 hours. The response was immediate and the firefighters were able to contain the blaze.

When this publication arrived at the scene, the top half of the wooden and concrete structure was ablaze and the fire had already spread to the houses at Lots 71 and 76.
Two fire tenders were on the scene.

Owner of Eldorado Trading, Tamesh Jagmohan, told this publication that a neighbour brought the fire to his attention and contact was made with the GFS.
He could not say what could have caused the fire.
There were no reports of injuries.
Investigations into the origin of the fire are ongoing.