{"id":15055,"date":"2024-01-04T15:14:19","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T15:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=15055"},"modified":"2024-01-04T15:14:20","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T15:14:20","slug":"amelias-ward-fire-confirmed-as-malicious-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/amelias-ward-fire-confirmed-as-malicious-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Amelia&#8217;s Ward Fire Confirmed as Malicious Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><strong><em>&#8211; Police Investigation Underway<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) has officially confirmed that the tragic fire that occurred on Christmas morning in Amelia&#8217;s Ward, claiming the lives of three individuals, was maliciously set. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities are actively investigating the incident to identify and apprehend those responsible for the deliberate act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guy Nurse, the Commander of Division Ten, shared with NCN that the investigation is currently in progress. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While specific details were not disclosed, it was emphasized that the Guyana Police Force is diligently working to determine the person or persons behind the intentional setting of the fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Guyana Fire Service responded to the fire call at approximately 02:05 hrs on Christmas Day and successfully contained the blaze to the ground floor of the building. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, the lives of thirty-year-old nurse Zoella Lawrence Bailey and her two nieces, 16-year-old Angelique Lawrence, and 8-year-old Ronika, were tragically lost in the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Government pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh conducted post-mortem examinations, revealing that all three victims succumbed to smoke inhalation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The confirmation that the fire was malicious adds a layer of complexity to the tragedy, prompting law enforcement to intensify efforts in uncovering the motives and individuals responsible for this heinous act.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; Police Investigation Underway The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) has officially confirmed that the tragic fire that occurred on Christmas morning in Amelia&#8217;s Ward, claiming the lives of three individuals,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15056,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15055","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\/15055","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=15055"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15057,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15055\/revisions\/15057"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}