Repost: News Room Guyana – 19 persons perished in a fire at a female dormitory which housed students attending the Mahdia Secondary School in Region Eight Sunday night. The News Room has independently confirmed the identities of 10 of those persons.
They are Bibi Rita Fiona Jeffery, her cousins Sabrina John, 16; Loreen Evans, 14; and Belnisa Evans,13. They were all from Karisparu Village.
The other girls identified so far are twin sisters, Mary and Martha Dandrade. A five-year-old boy, Adoni also perished also in the fire.
He was the son of one of the house parents. The others are Omefia Edwards, Natalie Bellarmine and siblings Delecia and Arianna Edwards.
Overall, the injuries range from smoke inhalation to first, second and third degree burns. A full scale evacuation operation was conducted in the wee hours of Monday and a team of doctors and medical professionals were flown in to Mahdia to provide some medical relief.
PHOTO: NEWS SOURCE GUYANA
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