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Fuel truck driver dies after Mahdia fire

Sep 25, 2010 News

After battling for his life for the past  24 days, 24-year-old Gopaul Basmattie succumbed to complications after he was severely burnt in a fire that broke out at Boodhoo’s General Store, Mahdia, Potaro.
Reports are that on September 1 last workers of the Boodhoo’s General store in Mahdia were pumping out fuel from a tanker when a leaky hose which was too close to a kitchen was ignited by a lighted stove.
The tanker was being driven by Basmattie who hails from Tuschen Housing Scheme, East Bank Essequibo.
The fire ran wildly in the hose, badly burning the driver and Royston Harry, a male Amerindian worker, of Supply, East Bank Demerara, who was pumping the fuel at the time. Describing Gopaul as a hero, McKenzie said that the driver, although badly burnt managed to jump into the tanker and with fire spreading along the hose, drove it from the area into a nearby playground, despite the personal danger. The fire was subsequently put out in the isolated area.

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