Rubbish fire threatens NCN infrastructure, commuters near Canje Bridge

(Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) on Friday responded to a grass fire in the vicinity of the Canje Bridge, New Amsterdam, Berbice, which posed a serious threat to critical National Communications Network (NCN) infrastructure and motorists using the bridge.

According to the GFS, initial reports indicated that the incident began as a rubbish fire. However, by the time firefighters arrived, the flames had spread rapidly through the surrounding vegetation, developing into a significant blaze and generating thick clouds of smoke across the area.

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Firefighters immediately commenced operations and successfully brought the blaze under control, preventing further escalation and protecting the threatened infrastructure. However, given the extensive vegetation in the area, firefighting operations continued into Saturday, November 7, as firefighters worked to extinguish the remaining flames and prevent the fire from spreading further.