The Guyana Fire Service has concluded based on its investigation that the fire which ravaged the apartment complex at Riverview Ruimveldt on Monday was due to an unattended child playing with matches.
Contacted for an update yesterday, Fire Chief Gregory Wickham said, “Based on the conclusion of our investigation it has been determined that the fire was caused by a child who was left unattended playing with matches which caught on to nearby combustible materials.”
The fire which erupted at about 14.50 hours at the two-storey apartment complex at Lot 17 Riverview, Ruimveldt, Georgetown, has since left five families’ homeless and with them trying to come to grips and recover from their losses.
