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– Source says origin was not electrical As investigations continue into the mysterious fire which gutted a portion of a building formerly known as the Sheriff Night Club on Wednesday, fire fighters have ruled out electrical as the origin.The burnt buildingYesterday,Cheap Jerseys From China, a source from the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) said that the power supply at the property was disconnected so the fire could not have been started by electrical means.He explained that investigations are currently ongoing and the result will most likely be out on Tuesday.While the probe is still ongoing, it is believed that the fire was an act of arson,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, another source from the fire service said.The owner of the property, Deolall Pooran called “Davo” said that he purchased the building about two years ago and was about to rent it to someone when he got the devastating news.While he could not say what could have caused the fire, he suspects that arson might have been the cause, although he has no idea who would want to destroy the property.Pooran said that he will have to return to the scene and look for nearby surveillance cameras to see whether anything suspicious transpired there on the day of the fire. The man said that the property was vacant at the time.According to the owner, the insurance on the building is minimal and cannot cover the cost of the extensive damage. “The insurance is not anything big.”He noted that he received a call from a neighbour who informed him about the fire, around 15:00 hrs on Wednesday.When this newspaper visited the scene,Cheap NFL Jerseys, GFS’s Divisional Officer in Charge of Operations, Compton Sparman,Cheap Jerseys NFL, said that they received a call a little after 15:00 hrs that a building was on fire at Sheriff Street.“We immediately responded with three fire appliances, one from Campbellville and two from Central. When we got there the entire upper floor was engulfed in flames,” the fire officer explained. He added that there were some problems at first,Wholesale China Jerseys, but fire fighters were able to contain the blaze to where it started in the upper flat of the two-storey building.“The tank that came first, it ran out of water, and that posed some problems. The other two (fire tenders) arrived and we started fighting the fire,Wholesale Jerseys,” Sparman said.He told this newspaper that the heavy grill work on the property was also an issue for fire fighters. When the other two tenders ran out of water, the firemen resorted to a fire hydrant on Sheriff Street.“Fortunately for us,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, the fire was contained in the upper flat. The bottom flat was unoccupied at the time.”Investigations are ongoing. |
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