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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.