Disaster averted in Culture Ministry fire

The window to the office that was broken to gain access to the building. In the compound of the building east of the ministry, firefighters watch on as Fire Chief Marlon Gentle (right ) directs his troops.

Police and firefighters last night teamed up to save the Ministry of Culture’s wooden Annex Building on Middle Street from being destroyed by a fire of electrical origin.

The fire started around 9 pm and it was the police who first alerted firefighters after receiving a call from the security guard who was on duty at the building at the time, Fire Chief Marlon Gentle told reporters.

He explained that four fire tenders promptly responded,