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July 3rd, 2014
UPDATE: ‘My parents weren’t trapped!’ - Reginald Hodge

WEST END, Tortola, VI – Being very upbeat that his parents are alive, well and unhurt having withstood the ordeal of losing their home to a mid-day fire yesterday July 2, 2014, son of Mr and Mrs Hodge, Reginald Hodge said that his parents were not trapped at the time the fire broke out.

April 8th, 2014
UPDATE: Fire completely guts 2 businesses; scorches 1

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - An early morning fire in the vicinity of the Government Complex, across from Banco Popular, in Wickhams Cay, Road Town today April 8, 2014 completely destroyed two businesses and scorched another before it could be contained by firemen.

April 3rd, 2014
Pirates Bight is back with a bang!

NORMAN ISLAND, VI – Almost six months to the date after suffering a devastating fire at their Norman Island base in October 2013, Pirates Bight Restaurant and Bar resumed services yesterday, April 2, 2014 hosting the second annual Caribbean Insurers Ltd Invitational during the BVI Spring Regatta.

March 13th, 2014
UPDATE: NDP Govt’ got their priority mixed up – VG Resident

VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI – “We are in still in need of fire trucks; I have made that clear to the Government that we really are in need of fire trucks because the ones that we have, have really done their time,” Chief Fire Officer Mr Zebalon McLean told Virgin Islands News Online in an exclusive interview yesterday March 12, 2014.

January 4th, 2014
Quick action averts further damages in Long Look fire

LONG LOOK, Tortola, VI – Quick action by Officers of the Virgin Islands Fire & Rescue Service (VIF&RS) averted a potentially dangerous situation when a fire of unknown origin erupted in the Long Look community today, January 4, 2014.

October 30th, 2013
UPDATE: RVIPF still awaiting Fire Service report on recent boat fire

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The likely cause of the fire that destroyed a power boat at the Fort Burt Marina last Friday is still not known, at least to the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF), as it is still not in possession of a report from the Virgin Islands Fire and Rescue Services Department.

October 2nd, 2013
UPDATE: ‘The heat & smoke were overwhelming’- Eyewitness to fire at Pirates

BIGHT BAY, Norman Island, VI - An eyewitness who wished to remain anonymous sat down exclusively a few moments ago October 2, 2013 with Virgin Islands News Online and told our news room that he was one of the first to see when the fire started on Norman Island.

June 20th, 2013
UPDATE: Close friend of Tyson testifies

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A cousin, who was said to be very close to the late Kwanna Todd-Rhymer, and a male friend of Alcedo Tyson were two of the witnesses for the Crown as the murder trial entered day four in the High Court today, June 20, 2013.

April 21st, 2013
Two injured in Main Street fire

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Two persons have reportedly been injured following a fire on April 21, 2013 in Main Street.

January 3rd, 2013
Three homeless following fire in VG

HANDSOME BAY, Virgin Gorda, VI – Three persons are now homeless following a fire at an apartment building in Handsome Bay, Virgin Gorda last evening January 2, 2013.

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