{"id":16326,"date":"2024-02-05T17:23:30","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T17:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=16326"},"modified":"2024-02-05T17:23:31","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T17:23:31","slug":"fire-engulfs-guyana-prison-service-living-quarters-in-kingston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/fire-engulfs-guyana-prison-service-living-quarters-in-kingston\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire Engulfs Guyana Prison Service Living Quarters in Kingston"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>In a devastating incident this morning, the living quarters of the Guyana Prison Service, located along Parade Street in Kingston, Georgetown, was entirely consumed by fire. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cause of the fire, which started around 9:32 AM, is yet to be determined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hemchandra Persaud, Divisional Fire Officer, reported that the fire response involved three fire appliances, including a hydraulic platform. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to the proximity of nearby schools, including Chase Academy and West Field Prep School, children were evacuated safely. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The thick smoke prompted the evacuation of these schools, with students relocated to the Police Sports Club Ground at Eve Leary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Natalie Adams, a nursery school teacher, shared that upon noticing the smoke, teachers quickly evacuated the children through a side gate, ensuring the safety of all students. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fire, believed to have originated in one of the 20 rooms on the premises, led to the complete destruction of the living accommodation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite valiant efforts by the Guyana Fire Service, the building commissioned in 2011 at a cost of $24.8 million was lost to the flames. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An investigation is now underway to determine the cause of the fire. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NCN News will continue to provide updates on this tragic incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a devastating incident this morning, the living quarters of the Guyana Prison Service, located along Parade Street in Kingston, Georgetown, was entirely consumed by fire. The cause of the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16327,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16326","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\/16326","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=16326"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16328,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16326\/revisions\/16328"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}