Guyana had 124 fire fatalities between 2017 and Sept 2023  – Benn

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In October 2023, the Guyana Fire Service conducted an outreach at the City Mall, Camp Street, Georgetown, where staff interacted with approximately 160 shoppers and passersby on fire safety and prevention. (GFS photo)
In October 2023, the Guyana Fire Service conducted an outreach at the City Mall, Camp Street, Georgetown, where staff interacted with approximately 160 shoppers and passersby on fire safety and prevention. (GFS photo)

Between 2017 and September 2023, fires have claimed the lives of 124 individuals and displaced 2,796 people across Guyana’s ten administrative regions.

This is according to information obtained from Notice Paper No 334, following a request from  Member of Parliament David Patterson and provided by Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn. The figures, drawn from disaggregated statistics, show a troubling picture of both human and material costs across the country’s ten administrative regions.