{"id":14462,"date":"2023-11-29T19:13:55","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T19:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=14462"},"modified":"2023-11-29T19:13:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T19:13:56","slug":"fire-destroys-section-of-corriverton-market-electrical-origin-suspected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/fire-destroys-section-of-corriverton-market-electrical-origin-suspected\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire Destroys Section of Corriverton Market: Electrical Origin Suspected"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>A fire suspected to be of electrical origin has ravaged a section of the Corriverton market. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The incident occurred around 18:45 on Monday, and initial reports suggest that the fire started on the southern side of the market, causing significant damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Guyana Fire Service promptly responded to the scene, dispatching fire tenders from the Corriverton Fire Station, Rose Hall, and New Amsterdam. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their swift efforts contained and extinguished the fire, preventing further escalation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Preliminary investigations indicate that the fire originated from an electric fan left running in one of the stalls. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The overheating of the fan led to the ignition of nearby flammable materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the incident, a technical team from the Ministry of Local Government was dispatched to assess the integrity of the market facility. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Local Government Minister Anand Persaud, along with Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh and regional authorities, visited the site to meet with affected vendors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Persaud stated that a comprehensive approach would be taken, involving investigations by the fire department, structural assessments, and immediate restoration measures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The goal is to prevent further damage to the exposed structure, considering the potential impact of the elements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The affected vendors were seen removing their belongings to safety, and the government is committed to supporting the restoration efforts to ensure the market&#8217;s functionality and the well-being of the vendors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fire suspected to be of electrical origin has ravaged a section of the Corriverton market. The incident occurred around 18:45 on Monday, and initial reports suggest that the fire&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14463,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14462"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14464,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14462\/revisions\/14464"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}