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Quick responses by the Guyana Fire Service and employees of the GeorgetownGuyana Fire Service and staff shortly after the fire was extinguished yesterday at the Middle Street entrance of the Georgetown Hospital.Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) averted what could have been a disastrous fire.Fire broke loose in the hospital’s compound near the National Tuberculosis Programme Unit, Middle Street,Cheap Wake Forest Demon Deacons Jerseys, around 09:40 hrs yesterday. Initial actions by staff helped to contain the blaze even before the fire tenders arrived. Within minutes the blaze was extinguished.According to an eyewitness,Cheap Villanova Wildcats Jerseys, one of the hospital’s staff was executing welding works on the Middle Street gate. Apparently,Ken Boyer Cardinals Jersey, the heat from the welding torch caused the top of a nearby drum to ignite.Whilst the welder was trying to extinguish the fire with a door mat, the contents from the drum began leaking. This only fueled the fire,New York Mets Juan Lagares Jersey, which then began to spread in the compound’s internal and external drains and even on the parapet.Janitorial staff,Alex Delvecchio Red Wings Jersey, in the opposite building, responded to the cries for help. They helped to contain the blaze by pouring sand in the drain. In addition,Mark Recchi Penguins Jersey, the vehicles which were close to the National Tuberculosis Programme Unit, were relocated.The Fire Service rendered additional assistance by spraying foam inside the compound and stopping the fire on the parapet. The drum was eventually removed from the compound.However,Pedro Alvarez Orioles Jersey, GPHC is seeking to ascertain the contents of the drum, which is the property of the Ministry of Health and was in that area due to the continuation of construction works to the nearby National Tubercolosis Programme Unit building.According to Andrew Holder,San Francisco Giants Barry Bonds Jersey, Public Relations Officer of the Guyana Fire Service, from all indications the substance in the drum was flammable. Holder added that it appears that the drum had been in the sun for quite sometime.In August 2008, the building which housed the Psychiatric Ward,Willson Contreras Cubs Jersey, the Medical Out Patient Department and the Patient Care Assistant classroom, was gutted by fire that was believed to be the work of an arsonist. |
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