UP to press time on Monday night, members of the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) were still combating an enormous fire on the Bush Lot Public Road, West Coast Berbice.

According to the GFS, the fire was reported at 18:03 hours, and the first response unit arrived promptly at 18:10 hours.

“The blaze has affected five buildings and is being tackled by twenty firefighters, who have the fire surrounded with Water Tender #90 from Onverwagt, Water Tender #106 from Mahaica, and Water Tender #74 from New Amsterdam.

“Our team is working diligently to extinguish the fire. We advise commuters that the area will be heavily smoke-logged,” the GFS said in a Facebook post.

Members of the public were advised to exercise caution and traverse safely through the area.