Sub-officer of the Guyana Fire Service Chriswayne LaRose yesterday described the fear he experienced upon witnessing inmates break out from their cell block to go to the aid of those trapped in the burning Capital A Division of the Camp Street Prison.
His testimony before the Commission of Inquiry into the fatal prison fire brought life to the security risks and the associated fears that may accompany fighting fires in a prison environment, as were mentioned on Monday by the Officer-in-Charge of Operations of the Guyana Fire Service Compton Sparman.
As the fire raged on March 3, the prisoners had broken a hole in the wooden exterior of their dorm and
