Arson is suspected to be behind the blaze that damaged the Charlestown Post Office last night, the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) says.
In a release this evening, the GFS said that it received a call at 21:08 last night about a fire at the Charlestown Post Office located at High Street, Georgetown.
“Water tenders 76, 105 and 107 from the Central Fire Station and West Ruimveldt Fire Station immediately responded to the scene and were able to contain the fire and save the two storey wooden and concrete building”, the GFS said.
It added that two meters of the eastern wall on the ground floor and three meters of the eastern and southern walls on the top floor were damaged as a result of the fire.
A guard hut was also completely destroyed.
“The supposed cause is a malicious setting by person (s) unknown”, the GFS said.
The GFS warned that there are harsh penalties attached to arson attacks and said that once caught perpetrators will face the full brunt of the law.
