Fire scare near High Court

A fire tender with firefighters on alert near the pole on Charlotte Street yesterday.

Quick action by the Guyana Fire Service and a Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) emergency crew yesterday averted what could have been a serious fire when an electrical pole caught on fire along Charlotte Street, near the High Court compound.

Around mid-morning, court staffers were alerted to sparks on the pole, which later burst into a small fire that lasted for some seconds.

Chief Justice Ian Chang,