Fire Service probing blaze at Critchlow Labour College

Just months after a fire severely damaged the western section of the Critchlow Labour College (CLC), Woolford Avenue, Georgetown, another fire erupted there late Thursday night.

The cause of the blaze is not yet known as Fire Chief, Gregory Wickham told the News Room on Friday morning that the Guyana Fire Service’s investigation is still ongoing.

During a phone interview, the Fire Chief said the GFS was alerted to the fire at about 23:50 hrs Thursday. Four fire tenders responded and went to the site where a section of the building was engulfed in flames, and pockets of fire were seen in several areas.

Mr. Wickham said the fire was extinguished; however, there was a re-ignition on Friday morning. Firefighters are on the ground and observing the situation.

A fire gutted a section of the college in March 2025, and the cause was confirmed as electrical. The college’s main auditorium, a boardroom, a classroom, and some of its contents were destroyed then. The college offers both online and in-person programmes, and it is a leading training institute in the country.