Quick response by Firemen saves Crescent Mall

Nov 01, 2015 News

A mid-morning fire at the Crescent Mall in Co-Op Crescent, Linden, believed to be of electrical origin left one store completely destroyed and another scorched.

Crescent Mall in Co-Op Crescent

The quick response of the fire service averted greater disaster.
One eyewitness, Kenton Jennings, aka ‘Peek a Boo’, said that it was around 9:45 hours he and his friend were on the road when they saw the smoke and went into action.
“Me and Paul de just putting up de tent when we see de smoke and at de same time a lady came crying and say me daughter shop burning. So right away we run and get into action.”
Jennings said that he and his friend ran in the building and saw fire under the door of the store on the upper floor so they broke the door. By this time the fire tender arrived and even though the firemen were disoriented for a moment they were able to control the blaze.
Another tender arrived to assist but while some firemen were inside fighting, others were outside drawing water from the Demerara River.
The owner of the store, Rushell Adams, of 1934 Lover’s Lane, Amelia’s Ward, was in Georgetown at the time of the fire. According to Adams’ mother, her daughter sold only brand name clothing.
“Just de other day she get two barrels of brand name clothes. We lose bout $5M in goods.”
A very emotional Adams said the only electrical equipment in the shop were a television set and a sound system. She blames the faulty electrical wiring in the building for the fire.
She said, “Every time de salons around put on their dryer or anything we lights does go off. We tell dem so many times and dem ent do nothing. When we peep in de point by de door it was sparking.”