An after action review is currently being conducted in wake of the fire that gutted the two Guyana National Industrial Company (GNIC) bonds and the Guyana National Shipping Corporation Limited (GNSC) building on Lombard Street, Georgetown.
“…The information given by the Fire Chief was submitted to the competent authority and an after action review is being conducted,” Commissioner of Police (ag) Nigel Hoppie told reporters as he responded to questions at the sidelines of an event on Thursday.
Fire Chief (ag) Gregory Wickham had previously confirmed that investigations into both fires had concluded that they were maliciously set.
It is unclear whether the perpetrator/s of the acts were identified as yet but to date there has been no arrest or charge.
On January 16, two GNIC bonds were destroyed in a fire.
Controversy surrounds the origin of that fire. While the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) has said that the fire was an act of arson, the GNIC had said that at no point during a joint review of surveillance footage was there any “conclusive evidence” to support the claim.
Millions of dollars in cargo were destroyed in the fire, which started at approximately 23.30 hrs.
The GFS had said that Laparkan Trading Company suffered the loss of a Bobcat machine, a quantity of office furniture, gas cylinders, crates of energy drinks, three 40-feet containers containing electrical cables and flex hoses, three electrical transformers and three 40-feet refrigeration containers.
It added that Tropical Shipping Company, which occupies a bond next to Laparkan, sustained water damage and minor fire damage. Propane cylinders, a quantity of barrels containing food stuff, clothing, household appliances and other items were destroyed.
Eleven vehicles were completely consumed by the inferno, three partially destroyed and five severely damaged.
On January 30, a fire which started at around 08.10 hrs destroyed the GNSC workshop at Lot 5-6 Lombard Street, Georgetown.
The GFS, in a press release, had said that water tenders from the Central, Alberttown and West Ruimveldt Fire Stations along with Fire Boat ‘Protector 8’ were immediately dispatched to the scene of the fire.
Three jets working from Water Tender 107 using a relay from the Fire Boat, one jet from WT106 and one jet from WT76 using a relay from WT112, all working from an open water source, were used to extinguish the blaze.
