Grassfire at UG’s Turkeyen campus raises issues of safety, prevention

UGSS President Joshua Griffith (forefront) and other UG students aided in yesterday’s efforts to contain a wildfire that occurred on the university’s Turkeyen campus

Grassfire yesterday razed across a field on the University of Guyana Turkeyen campus and though no one was hurt, it raised questions on precautions taken by the university to avoid such occurrences.

The fire started on the north-eastern side of UG’s campus, on a field located behind the New Building Society (NBS) student’s dorm