{"id":20108,"date":"2024-05-30T14:57:58","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T14:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=20108"},"modified":"2024-05-30T14:58:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T14:58:02","slug":"illegal-power-connections-blamed-for-albouystown-fire-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/illegal-power-connections-blamed-for-albouystown-fire-disaster\/","title":{"rendered":"Illegal Power Connections Blamed for Albouystown Fire Disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Initial investigations by the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) into yesterday&#8217;s devastating fire in Albouystown point to illegal power connections as the cause of the blaze. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The GFS is currently probing the incident, with Divisional Officer of Operations, Otis Charles, indicating that their preliminary findings suggest the fire originated from illegal power connections. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Charles stated in a telephone interview with NCN News that there were numerous unauthorized electrical hookups within the affected block. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These illicit connections likely led to loose wiring, resulting in arcing and sparking that ignited the fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Otis Charles, upon arrival at the scene, one of the buildings was already fully engulfed in flames. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Firefighters swiftly went into action, containing the blaze to prevent it from spreading further. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite their efforts, two homes were ultimately consumed by the fire, leaving nine individuals homeless, including two elderly persons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among those displaced by the fire is John Beaton, who resided in the house where the fire originated, along with eighty-seven-year-old Ethleen Beaton and seven others who lived in the adjacent property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The incident serves as a stark reminder of the dangers posed by illegal electrical connections and underscores the need for proper safety measures and adherence to building codes and regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By Nakasia Logan<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Initial investigations by the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) into yesterday&#8217;s devastating fire in Albouystown point to illegal power connections as the cause of the blaze. The GFS is currently probing&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20109,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20108","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\/20108","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=20108"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20110,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20108\/revisions\/20110"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}