By Antonio Dey
Fire Inspector Javid Mohamed yesterday stated that the Mahdia school dormitory was likely maliciously set ablaze and there were no smoke detectors or alarms in the building based on investigations and inspections done by the GFS.
Mohamed testified that it was a herculean task for the firefighting team to quell the flames due to the fire’s magnitude. His testimony at the ongoing Presidential Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the tragic fire which claimed 20 lives revealed that the blaze was definitely not of electrical origin but was likely set maliciously.
After being informed of the fire on May 21, he and his colleagues were dispatched to Mahdia from Georgetown to conduct site inspections and investigations.
