Fire destroys section of L’Aventure school

Firemen dousing embers

An early morning fire yesterday destroyed a section of the L’ Aventure Secondary School, at Canal Number One, West Bank Demerara, likely displacing some of the school’s nearly 700 students just three days into the new school term.

The fire is suspected to be electrical in origin but when Stabroek News contacted Fire Chief Marlon Gentle, he had not yet received any information on the possible cause as his officers were still at the scene investigating.

The fire, which was first spotted just before 8 am, gutted the section of the building that housed the