Fire at school dormitory in Guyana kills at least 19 children, many of them Indigenous

The fire broke out shortly before midnight in the dormitory building of a secondary school in the southwestern border town of Mahdia

, a gold and diamond mining community about 200 miles south of the capital, Georgetown, the government said in a statement.

“When firefighters arrived on the scene, the building was already completely engulfed in flames,” Guyana’s Fire Service said in a statement. “Our heartfelt sympathy goes out to the relatives and friends of those young souls.” “Firefighters did manage to rescue some 20 students by breaking holes in the northeastern wall of the building,” the department said. “Our team is still on the ground investigating as we seek to provide clarity regarding how the fire started and all other necessary information.”

Ali said officials were contacting parents and mobilizing psychologists to help deal with those affected by the fire.Local newspaper Stabroek News reported that the fire broke out in a girls’ dormitory.

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