Georgetown: In the wee hours of Sunday morning, a police constable on duty at the Umana Yana observed a man jumping the fence of the compound with a black tyre in his right hand, a bottle in his left hand and ran to the Western side of the building where he attempted to set the site on fire.
Reports indicate that the arsonist was attempting to set fire to the lower branches affixed to the roof of the building.
Fire officials said that the man, upon seeing the constable scaled the eastern fence and proceeded east on Battery Road on foot making good his escape.
The fire was quickly put out by the constable who used a nearby fire extinguisher. In September of 2014, the Umana Yana was destroyed by fire. It was rebuilt in 2016.
The Guyana Police Force and the Fire Service are investigating the incident.
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