Latest update April 10th, 2025 12:07 AM
Vehicle bursts into flame on East Street
As Guyana observed the last day of Fire Prevention Week activities yesterday an F150 pick up truck, GMM1658, burst into flames on East Street, Cummingsburg, close to where a house was destroyed earlier this month.
The section of the vehicle that was damaged by the fire.
The fire which started just after 8: 30hrs was concentrated under the right bonnet of the vehicle owned by Brian Singh.
Reports are that Singh had minutes earlier left the vehicle in the East Street parking lot to purchase transmission fluid. When he returned his vehicle was in flames. Luckily persons ran to his assistance and averted what could have been a major disaster. His wife was in the vehicle when it burst into flames.
“Is a good thing people went about to assist she because she was in the vehicle and panicked when it happened and public spirited citizens ran her aid,” one witness said.
The Fire Service was summoned but by the time the fire tender from the Alberttown fire station arrived the fire had already been extinguished. No one was injured.
Meanwhile amidst the current dry season the Guyana Fire Service has been receiving many reports of a lot of grass fires. As such persons are being encouraged to dispose of their waste properly. They should also keep their lawns and yards as low as possible to avoid grass catching on fire.
The Guyana Fire Service is also asking persons to try to conserve on water and keep drains clean as sometimes the fire tenders rely on the drainage system to fight fires.
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