Timehri supermarket goes up in flames
Churchill’s home which is attached to the back of the supermarket.
According to Gauri, the uninsured business began as a small shop which her parents opened when she was a baby, and it gradually grew into what it was just before the fire. Up to the time of the fire, the supermarket and variety store had approximately 10 to 15 individuals in its employ. She added that the supermarket came into being about five years ago.
Not only are the employees and the owners suffering from the loss due to the fire, but members of the Base Road community are lamenting the fact that they will now have to shop elsewhere and possibly spend more on items which the supermarket sold at the lowest prices possible.
Fire Chief, Gregory Wickham estimated that answers on the cause of the fire would be available sometime today.
In a statement last night, the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) said that at 04:28 am yesterday, the Fire Service was alerted to the fire at Track ‘K’ Hyde Park, Timehri.
Water Tender #109 and Water Carrier #16, along with ten firefighters from the Timehri Fire Station, were immediately dispatched to the scene, it said.
The fire service said that radiated heat from the building of origin caused a quantity of polyvinyl chloride ceiling, a wooden panel door, three sash windows, and some paint work all on the first floor of Kalnarine’s house to be destroyed.
One jet from Light Pump #125 operating from an open water source, one jet from water tender #109 tank supply, and one jet from water carrier #16 tank supply were used to quell the fire.
Fire prevention officials are currently what caused the fire. investigating
Evaluation on the pre-qualification for the four companies wishing to bid on the 165MW Amaila Falls Hydropower Project is still ongoing but should be completed by early next month, Prime Minister Mark Phillips says.
The Prime Minister, whose ministry is the procuring agency for the project and which on December 29 received tenders from companies that wanted to be pre-qualified, informed that four companies answered Requests for Proposals.
Those companies are 1) Rialma S.A. (Grupo Rialma) from Brazil, 2) China International Water & Elec. Corp, 3) Lindsayca CH4 Guyana Inc, and 4) a group made up of OEC, GE Vernova and Worley.
Lindsayca CH4 Guyana Inc is currently executing an aspect of the Wales gas-to-shore project.
With only the Build-Own-Operate-Transfer (BOOT) financial model to be accepted, the government had issued a new Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Amaila Falls Hydro Project (AFHP) in early December, and stated that pre-qualification is to be determined strictly on experience and commitment to local content.
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