Man arrested after garbage fire spreads to Lethem savannah

A 41-year-old man from Hotoquai Village, North West District, Region One (Barima-Waini), was arrested after he set fire to the Lethem Savannah, Region Nine, on Wednesday evening while burning a heap of garbage.

Based on reports received, the fire was spotted at about 19:40h by an official living in the area after she was alerted by her children that there was a fire in her yard.

As such, she immediately proceeded to the area, where she observed that the fire was rapidly spreading from the vicinity of her backyard onto the savannah of the Lethem Airstrip.