A small fire yesterday morning on the ground floor of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) HQ, Eve Leary was contained and the GFS is investigating its cause.
A statement from the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) said that it received a call at 10:20 am alerting it to a report of a fire at the CID Headquarters.
Water Tenders #76 and #105 from the Central Fire Station, #102 from the Alberttown Fire Station and #106 from the Campbellville Fire Station were immediately dispatched to the site, the GFS said.
As a result of the fire in the two-storey wooden and concrete building, a quantity of mattresses, one fan, four desks, four chairs, two duplex switches, one panel door, the entire ceiling and other equipment were damaged.
The GFS said that while it is clear that the fire started on the southern side of the building at the ground floor level, further investigations are being carried out by the Fire Prevention Department and Police to ascertain what caused it.
Commissioner of Police (acting), Clifton Hicken stated that after the fire alarm went off, a fire suppression operation was activated. He said that the ranks utilised the training they had received from the GFS and were able to keep the fire under control until the arrival of the fire service.
Over the past year and a half, there have been a number of fires affecting state buildings including schools. The police have also seen devastating fires including one that completely demolished the Brickdam Police Station on October 2nd, 2021.
On November 20 last year there was a major fire at Eve Leary which destroyed the Office of Professional Responsibility and caused damage to other areas.
