Former Mike’s Pharmacy building hit by fire

Officials from the Guyana Fire Service attending to the fire (Antonio Dey photo)

The building that previously housed  Mike’s Pharmacy at Robb and Alexander Sts was yesterday hit by a fire of unknown origin at around 2 pm.

One eyewitness related to Stabroek News that he saw smoke emanating from the building and by the time the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) got into action the structure was partially destroyed.

Another eyewitness told this newspaper that vagrants would dump refuse and other matter in the area.