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Storeroom destroyed by fire @ Ellis Thomas Downs
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI- Word reaching our news centre is that sometime between 5:00 AM and 6:00 AM today, Sunday, April 21, 2024, there was a small fire reported close to the quarantine stables at Ellis Thomas Downs in Sea Cows Bay.
Frustrated resident calls for end to toxic incinerator smoke
POCKWOOD POND, Tortola, VI - A resident of the West End Community has registered a desperate plea to the Government of the Virgin Islands for an update regarding the Pockwood Pond incinerator and the continuous toxic smoke emanating from the facility.
2 boats destroyed by fire @ Anegada
SETTING POINT, Anegada, VI- Two tour boats belonging to Kelly’s Land and Sea Tours were destroyed by fire sometime around 1:00 AM this morning, February 11, 2024, on Anegada.
Car catches afire in heart of Road Town
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.
Elderly woman perishes in fire @ Kingston
KINGSTON, Tortola, VI- Our newsroom can now confirm that an elderly woman perished in a fire that engulfed a home in Kingston, Tortola last evening, January 1, 2024.
House reportedly on fire @ Kingston
KINGSTON, Tortola, VI - Information coming into Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) is that a house reportedly caught on fire tonight January 1, 2024, sometime around 8:00 pm at Kingston on Tortola.
Car catches afire @ Cappoon’s Bay
CAPPOON’S BAY, Tortola, VI- It is known at this time whether anyone was hurt when a vehicle caught afire at Cappoon’s Bay last night.
Smoke & fire finally contained @ Pockwood Pond dumpsite
POCKWOOD POND, Tortola, Vi – Information coming into Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) is that the fire and smoke emanating from the Pockwood Pond Dumpsite has finally been contained this afternoon, December 13, 2023.
We have to 'reduce' the amount of garbage going to incinerator- Hon Vincent O. Wheatley
FAT HOGS BAY, Tortola, VI- Ninth District Representative and Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Vincent O. Wheatley, who has responsibility for waste management, says the challenges at the local incinerator can ultimately be solved with the reduction of garbage going into the facility.
‘Stop putting hazardous & flammable materials into waste stream’- DWM Director
POCKWOOD POND, Tortola, VI- The Department of Waste Management says it is working on waste management strategies to improve the way waste in the [British] Virgin Islands is processed, but it still needs assistance from the community to help avert future incidents such as the fire that broke out at the tipping area of the Pockwood Pond dumpsite on Saturday morning, December 9, 2023.
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