Plastic fuel tank possible source of UG fire

Photos showing the aftermath of the fire that occurred yesterday at the Digicel-owned generator room located on the southern side of the recently refurbished Faculty of Health Sciences building on the Turkeyen campus. The now empty metal cage, in the foreground, held the plastic tank.

The Guyana Fire Service was yesterday able to contain a small fire at the University of Guyana’s Faculty of Health Sciences.

Stabroek News understands that the fire occurred just after 10 am yesterday, when a generator exploded in the Digicel-owned generator room, located on the southern side of the recently refurbished Faculty of Health Sciences building on the Turkeyen campus.

Though there were no reported injuries, the fire affected the back stairwell of the building, resulting in water and smoke damage in the vicinity.