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Fire breaks out at St. Rose’s lab

Jul 15, 2015 News

Fire, this time at the St. Roses High School’s Biology Laboratory, sent shockwaves around the city early yesterday evening, threatening to repeat the devastation that visited other locations in the country this week.
Had it not been for the vigilance of a teacher, the blaze might have had devastating effects, similar to what occurred on Sunday morning just a corner away at Camp and Robb Streets.
Firefighters had no problems this time around, quickly putting out the small blaze that threatened the landmark wooden structure on Church Street.
According to the teacher, she had just finished marking examination papers and was about to leave when she saw fire coming from the Biology Lab which is located on the bottom flat.
She quickly called out to the Janitor and alerted him to the impending disaster.
“He wasn’t aware of it, but we quickly got on to 911 and it was the police who subsequently contacted the fire department,” the female teacher told this newspaper.
She said that the police arrived promptly and they were quickly followed by members of the Fire Service who quickly went into action.
“At first I thought it (fire) was coming from the Home Economics Department, but when I looked it was the lab,” the teacher noted.
She could not say if anyone had used the lab for the day, since she claimed she was in another section of the school and was deeply engrossed in her work.
Thankfully no major damage occurred, although it would require a tidy sum to effect repairs.
This week alone has seen no less than four fires, the most devastating of which destroyed a Chinese operated business at the junction of Camp and Robb Streets on Sunday. Fire also destroyed two houses on the West and East Coast of Demerara a day later. Also on Monday, fire gutted a community building in Rosemary Lane (Tiger Bay).

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