TSTT: Fire extinguished; cause under investigation

The fire that en­gulfed the ca­ble yard at the Telecom­mu­ni­ca­tions Ser­vices of Trinidad and To­ba­go (TSTT) Laven­tille Work Cen­tre has been ex­tin­guished, but mon­i­tor­ing re­mains in place to pre­vent a pos­si­ble re-ig­ni­tion.

In an up­date is­sued on Sun­day, TSTT said the fire was re­port­ed at ap­prox­i­mate­ly 4.45 pm on Sat­ur­day at the fa­cil­i­ty.

The Trinidad and To­ba­go Fire Ser­vice re­spond­ed to the in­ci­dent, with fire­fight­ers work­ing in­to the night to bring the blaze un­der con­trol.

TSTT said the cause of the fire and the full ex­tent of the dam­age re­mained un­der in­ves­ti­ga­tion.

The com­pa­ny thanked the Fire Ser­vice, the Trinidad and To­ba­go Elec­tric­i­ty Com­mis­sion (T&TEC), the Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty (WASA), the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) and oth­er emer­gency re­spon­ders and per­son­nel who as­sist­ed with the re­sponse.

TSTT al­so ex­pressed ap­pre­ci­a­tion to An­gos­tu­ra Lim­it­ed for its sup­port dur­ing the in­ci­dent.

The com­pa­ny said fur­ther up­dates would be pro­vid­ed as ver­i­fied in­for­ma­tion be­came avail­able.

The fire comes amid con­cerns about the se­cu­ri­ty of the telecom­mu­ni­ca­tions provider’s in­fra­struc­ture, with in­ves­ti­ga­tions ex­pect­ed to de­ter­mine how the blaze start­ed and the ex­tent of the dam­age to the fa­cil­i­ty.