Christ Church Secondary School will be closed for the remainder of the week after a chemical release resulting in combustion occurred in the school’s Science laboratory.
The Guyana Fire and Rescue Service rushed to the school around 4:30 pm yesterday after receiving information that smoke was emanating from the building. According to the Chief Fire Officer, Gregory Wickham, although initially believing it was a fire, investigations found that several chemicals being stored in the Science laboratory were released and caused a combustion.
The chemicals were subsequently removed from the building. At around six pm yesterday, firefighters were still trying to quell the smoke.
No students were at the school when the incident occurred. However, several teachers were present.
Meanwhile, Minister of Education Priya Manickchand said that the school will be closed until next Monday as investigations continue.
