Section of Ameerally Sawmills wrecked by fire

The burnt section of the sawmill

Fire suspected to be electrical in origin destroyed a section of the Ameerally Sawmills at Strand, New Amsterdam around 3:40 am yesterday resulting in millions of dollars in losses.

Contracts manager, Roy Jafarally told Stabroek News that the fire devastated the operations building, damaging several pieces of equipment including winches, gang saws, band saws, gantries and circle saws.

It also caused destruction to a 440 volt cable, a 350 horsepower