On May 21, a fire at a high school girls' dormitory caused 20 child deaths in Guyana. The blaze was intentionally lit by a female student who has since been detained and charged with murder. Guyana’s ...

At least 19 children died in a “horrific” school dormitory fire in Guyana, which has shocked the nation and led to its president to declare three days of national mourning. The fire that engulfed ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana — Guyana’s government says it will pay $25,000 to parents of each of the 20 children burned to death in a fire at a state-run high school in May, as part of a settlement to avoid ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — An overnight fire raced through a dormitory in Guyana, killing at least 19 students who were trapped and injuring several others at a government boarding school as ...

(CNN) — At least 19 of the 20 people who died in a “horrific” school dormitory fire were children, officials said on Monday, after a blaze tore through the building in the Caribbean country of Guyana.