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September 1st, 2020
Fire guts 2 rooms of Long Bush home

LONG BUSH, Tortola, VI- Fire broke out at a 2-storey home in Long Bush, Tortola, this afternoon, September 1, 2020, damaging 2 bedrooms of the property before Virgin Islands Fire and Rescue Services arrived and, with help from members of the public, quickly extinguished it.

August 9th, 2020
UPDATE: Non-functioning AC suspected cause of WE fire

WEST END, Tortola, VI- Initial investigations have revealed that a gas line of a non-functioning air conditioning unit at a West End, Tortola, home was the main source of a mid-morning fire on Wednesday, August 5, 2020.

August 7th, 2020
Pure Trouble too much to handle @ Women’s Festival Cup

EAST END, Tortola, VI- The BVI Football Association’s (BVI) Women’s Festival Cup was staged at the East End/Long Look Stadium on Sunday August 2, 2020, with four teams participating in a round robin tournament.

July 2nd, 2020
2 trucks & storeroom destroyed by fire @ Minine’s Plants

BEEF ISLAND, VI- A fire that started in the wee hours of July 1, 2020, resulted in the destruction of two trucks, a generator and a storeroom at Minine’s Plants on Beef Island.

June 28th, 2020
Major fire averted @ Big Brother’s Gas Station

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- What could have been a major disaster was quickly averted when the Virgin Islands Fire and Rescue Services responded to a call of a fire at a local gas station this morning, June 28, 2020.

January 25th, 2020
Pockwood Pond garbage woes 'will soon be over' - Premier Fahie

POCKWOOD POND, Tortola, VI- Damaged by a fire in 2018, the Pockwood Pond incinerator and landfill facility has been a constant eyesore than has left residents fuming after smoke from a series of landfill fires haunted the West End of Tortola.

November 11th, 2019
‘The Curve Bar & Grill’ in Meyer’s Estate hit by fire

MEYER’S ESTATE, Tortola, VI- A fire suspected to be electrical in origin broke out at the night spot known as ‘The Curve Bar & Grill’ at Meyer’s Estate, Tortola, in the wee hours this morning, November 11, 2019.

August 24th, 2019
VIF&RS goes beyond to help fire victims

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – “I never really expected it,” chilling words of fire victim & father of three, Mr Marcel Davis now receiving help after seeing his life’s possessions going up in flames.

April 8th, 2019
Raging fire engulfs vehicle @ Soldiers Hill

SOLDIERS HILL, Tortola VI – Sometime on Sunday, April 7, 2019, a car burst into flames as it was going up Soldiers Hill on the north eastern side of Tortola.

April 6th, 2019
Fires banned as dry weather takes toll in USVI

VI CONSORTIUM

ST. THOMAS, USVI - The United States Virgin Islands (USVI) Fire Service this week, advised the general public that a ‘burn ban’ is currently in effect throughout the territory.

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