The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) yesterday said that investigations have revealed that welding done in close proximity to a foam mattress triggered the inferno which gutted the Z Mohammed and Sons bond at Happy Acres on Monday and during which two fire-fighters suffered smoke inhalation.
In a statement yesterday, the GFS said that at 4.35 pm on Monday the fire service was alerted to a fire at Lot 9 Felicity, Happy Acres, East Coast Demerara. It said that the structure involved was a steel and concrete storage building owned by 57-year-old Zaid Mohamed.
Firefighters from the Central, West Ruimveldt, Alberttown, Campbellville, and Melanie fire stations, along with two ambulances and Emergency Medical Technicians, were immediately dispatched to the location, the statement said.
