Arson suspected in uwi fire

POLICE have found a bottle with yellowish liquid outside the University of the West Indies (UWI) at the Mount Hope Medical Sciences Complex, sources said yesterday.

A fire was said to have been maliciously set Sunday morning to offices at Building 39, which houses the Administrative Offices of the North West Regional Health Authority (NWRHA). The building also houses the UWI offices, including the office of the Dean of the UWI Medical Faculty. Police said the bottle was checked for fingerprints, but that they (fingerprints) were not workable.  As a consequence, the bottle was sent to the Forensic Sciences Centre for analysis. Police also said that they are unable to give an exact cause for the fire, but authorities have speculated the fire was caused by the serving of notices to certain people. Yesterday, NWRHA’s chief of security, Kenneth Doldron, said he could not comment on the matter. As the probe continued, police said forensic examiners were due to visit the scene yesterday. No arrests had been made up to late evening and acting Cpl Bernard of the St Joseph Criminal Investigations Department (CID) is continuing investigations into the alleged arson.