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 ...

The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) has determined that the fire at the West Ruimveldt Primary school on Wednesday morning was caused by slack connections of electrical wires. According to the GFS ...

The fire broke out just after midnight on Monday, engulfing a secondary school dormitory and trapping ... of Public Information said in a statement. Guyana is located between Venezuela and ...

At least 20 people were killed and several more were injured in a fire that started around midnight Sunday in a student dormitory at a secondary school in ... statement from Guyana's Department ...

Pupils and teachers were this morning forced to evacuate the West Ruimveldt Primary School in Georgetown after a small fire erupted. The evacuation was successfully completed at around 11:30hrs ...

Between 2017 and September 2023, fires have claimed the lives of 124 individuals and displaced 2,796 people across Guyana ... May 2023 fire at the Mahdia Secondary School dormitory.

A girls’ school in Kenya is on fire, just a day after a deadly fire at a different school in the country. “Isiolo Girls on ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana — Authorities in the South American country of Guyana said Sunday they have seized more than 8,000 pounds (3,600 kilograms) of cocaine found in a lush jungle near the border ...

Officials say the number of children who were burned to death in a school dormitory in central Kenya has risen to 21 ...

Guyana saw the inauguration of its pioneering science-focused educational institution. This new school, established on the site where the St ...