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redmanjp wrote:very sad and shocking
we have any such dorms here?
with the current state of the fire service (most stations not having a tender) i shudder to think we have a disaster waiting to happen like this.
another thing- burglar proofing- we need burglar proof than can open from inside perhaps with a lock and the key in a known place close by - we have to study fire as well as crime.
Guyana school fire: Angry student suspected of starting deadly blaze
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-65691848
By James FitzGerald
BBC News
A deadly fire at a school dormitory in Guyana appears to have been started by a pupil who was angry her mobile phone had been confiscated, officials say.
Nineteen people - mostly female students - were killed in the blaze in the South American country in the early hours of Monday.
The dorm was reportedly locked and had covered windows which trapped victims.
The teenage suspect is currently in hospital with burns, and has reportedly admitted to the arson.
Authorities are now taking advice on whether to charge her, according to a government source who spoke to the AFP news agency.
The fire was started in the bathroom area and eventually tore through the whole building, which was partially made of wood and was housing 57 pupils at the time.
Survivors of the incident in the central town of Mahdia spoke of being woken up in the middle of the night by screams.
The girl is accused of threatening her attack after being disciplined for having a relationship with an older man, according to an Associated Press report.
It has emerged that the dorm administrator - who lost her five-year-old son in the fire - was unable to locate the keys to unlock the door in her state of panic.
Firefighters are said to have resorted to smashing through the walls to help people escape.
But they initially struggled to contain the fire because of bad weather conditions.
As well as the victims who died - most of whom were indigenous girls - several other people were injured.
They were taken to hospital, some of them in the capital Georgetown, and a number of them remain in a serious condition.
Local media reported that the fire was so severe that DNA testing was required to identify some victims.
The fire was earlier labelled a "major disaster" by President Irfaan Ali.
Guyana is located between Venezuela and Suriname on the northern coast of South America.
Firefighters are said to have resorted to smashing through the walls to help people escape.
redmanjp wrote:Firefighters are said to have resorted to smashing through the walls to help people escape.
so no fire exits?
The suspect, who is among several injured people, had been disciplined by the dorm administrator for having an affair with an older man, National Security Adviser Gerald Gouveia said.
The student had allegedly threatened to torch the dorm and later set a fire in a bathroom area, Gouveia said.
The fire raced through the wood, concrete and iron-grilled building after it was locked for the night by the dorm administrator — or house mother — to prevent the girls from sneaking out, Gouveia said.
"She did this out of love for them. She felt she was forced to do so because many of them leave the building at night to socialize," Gouveia told The Associated Press. "This is a very sad situation, but the state is going to work with the students and the families to provide all the support they need."
All but one of the victims were Indigenous girls aged 12 to 18 from remote villages served by the boarding school in Mahdia, a mining community near the Brazil border. The remaining victim was the five-year-old son of the house mother.
"The house mother was asleep at the time inside the building but panicked and could not find the right keys to unlock the building from inside, but she made it out. She also lost her five-year-old child in the fire," Gouveia said.
Many of the nine people hospitalized victims are in serious condition.
Police were expected to charge the man who had the relationship with the student with statutory rape because she was under 16, Gouveia said.
Guyana's government has accepted offers from the U.S. to send forensic and other expert teams to help with the investigation, Gouveia said. The government also was sending specialists in DNA identification to help identify remains of 13 of the 19 victims who died at the scene.
Madhia is a gold and diamond mining town about 200 miles from the capital, Georgetown.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/guyana-school-fire-mahdia-girls-dorm-suspect-upset-phone-confiscated/
redmanjp wrote:Firefighters are said to have resorted to smashing through the walls to help people escape.
so no fire exits?
VexXx Dogg wrote:I mean running away to tek man is one thing.
Killing yuh clip for Lolo is some Jim Jones level sheit.
ruffneck_12 wrote:redmanjp wrote:Firefighters are said to have resorted to smashing through the walls to help people escape.
so no fire exits?
Guyana still backward in some ways tbh.
Building codes very lax over here, so imagine for over there.
The least they cuda do is have a fire exit wired to an alarm for real dread. Or maybe a trusted person in the building to open up in case.
Cuz wa go happen if the House Mother ketch a stroke or loss she keys?
Dizzy28 wrote:This wasn't just Guyana..that town is in the jungle 300kms from Georgetown. Building standards probably not the most pressing issue there.ruffneck_12 wrote:redmanjp wrote:Firefighters are said to have resorted to smashing through the walls to help people escape.
so no fire exits?
Guyana still backward in some ways tbh.
Building codes very lax over here, so imagine for over there.
The least they cuda do is have a fire exit wired to an alarm for real dread. Or maybe a trusted person in the building to open up in case.
Cuz wa go happen if the House Mother ketch a stroke or loss she keys?
Phone Surgeon wrote:our walkover by wrightson road have a elevator. thats our only new walkover (not counting sealots)
but yeah the building codes in guyana amazing lol....the funniest thing is the electricity work.....
GUYANA’s media are reporting that police there have received instructions to charge the 15-year-old girl who allegedly set the female dormitory of the Mahdia Secondary school on fire with 19 counts of murder.
A report from Guyana’s media outlet, the News Room, said they were reliably informed that the file was sent to the police with recommendations that the girl faces a murder charge for each life claimed in the horrific fire.
She is likely to face the courts early in the new week, the report said,
https://newsday.co.tt/2023/05/28/guyanese-student-15-to-be-charged-for-horrific-school-fire/
Phone Surgeon wrote:surprised they hitting her murder charges rather than involuntary manslaughter
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