Attempt to set GPL’s Good Hope facility ablaze thwarted

Police are investigating an alleged arson attempt at the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) facility along the Good Hope Railway Embankment, East Coast Demerara (ECD), which occurred on Tuesday evening.

Initial investigations revealed that a 49-year-old GPL operator was alerted by security guards to a fire in the vicinity of the facility’s main transmission line. The operator subsequently conducted checks and observed a fire near the transmission line, which reportedly lasted approximately three minutes before it was extinguished.

Police visited the facility on Wednesday and during enquiries, discovered four glass bottles containing a liquid suspected to be kerosene, with pieces of cloth attached, in the vicinity of the transmission line.

A black lighter, a saw frame and several pieces of broken glass bottles were also found in the area. The Guyana Fire Service was contacted to assist with the investigation.

Efforts are ongoing to identify and locate the person or persons responsible. CCTV cameras were observed in the vicinity and will be reviewed as part of the ongoing investigations.