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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.
Fire engulfs Pockwood Pond dumpsite this morning Dec 9, 2023
POCKWOOD POND, Tortola, VI - Waste Management Director Mr. Marcus E. Solomon has told our newsroom that at around 4:00 am, this morning Saturday, December 9, 2023, the Pockwood Pond dumpsite garbage tipping area located on the main island of Tortola, caught on fire.
Massive early morning fire broke out @ VG landfill
SPANISH TOWN, Virgin Gorda, VI- Some residents of Virgin Gorda took to social media, particularly Facebook, to complain about what they described as a massive fire at the Virgin Gorda landfill this morning, Sunday, July 30, 2023.
Police reportedly continue to make arrests in relation to latest drug bust
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Information reaching our newsroom is that the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) is continuing to make arrests as the investigation progresses into the seizure of cocaine and firearm and the detention of two vessels at East End on July 19, 2023.
UPDATE: Power boat fire deliberately set to destroy evidence- RVIPF
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – As first and accurately reported by Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) police today have confirmed that a confiscated vessel in a recent cocaine seizure operation was deliberately set ablaze in an evidence-destroying mission.
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