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Car catches afire in heart of Road Town

January 13th, 2024 | Tags: fire BVI Vehicle Tortola
Quick action by the Virgin Islands Fire and Rescue team has averted what could have been a major disaster after a vehicle caught fire last evening in Road Town, Tortola. Photo: Team of Reporters
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Quick action by the Virgin Islands Fire and Rescue team has averted what could have been a major disaster after a vehicle caught fire last evening in Road Town, Tortola.

Sources have indicated that the fire happened last evening January 12, 2023, at around 8:30 pm with no one reported injured.

It remains unclear the cause of the fire which resulted in the vehicle going up in flames. 

Our News Centre will bring more information as it becomes available. 

8 Responses to “Car catches afire in heart of Road Town”

  • Sonia (13/01/2024, 09:57) Like (0) Dislike (1) Reply
    not the result needed
  • ta ta (13/01/2024, 10:30) Like (0) Dislike (1) Reply
    Well sah
  • 007 (13/01/2024, 14:23) Like (1) Dislike (2) Reply
    Dibby Dibby Mechanic.
  • lodger (13/01/2024, 15:11) Like (5) Dislike (2) Reply
    Either a bush mechanic or the car fed up of the state the government have the road with all these potholes
  • perhaps (13/01/2024, 16:37) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
    The owner of the vehicle failed to properly maintained the vehicle.
  • Drift (13/01/2024, 20:07) Like (0) Dislike (3) Reply
    The owner should have driven it to the fire station one time. Uppon reaching there it would have taken the firemen 20 minutes to start outting the fire.
  • Leap year. (13/01/2024, 23:58) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    A other crash dummy.
  • my my my (14/01/2024, 01:52) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Maybe if he had driven that vehicle to the Helipad and little beyond, we might, just might have had an investigation and some positive results.
    Let us try that next time.


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