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12 days later: Fire & smoke persist @ Cox Heath
COX HEATH, Tortola, VI- It was on May 9, 2018, almost two weeks ago, that a fire erupted at a makeshift dumpsite in Cox Heath, on the western side of Tortola.
Pickup truck explodes; engulfed in flames near Lower Estate
LOWER ESTATE, Tortola, VI- It was sometime yesterday, Thursday May 17, 2018, around 5:15 P.M. that a pickup truck caught on fire in the area close to Lower Estate. No one was injured and the cause of the fire is being investigated by both the Fire and Rescue Service and the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF).
Cox Heath fire down to smoke that is still affecting residents
COX HEATH, Tortola, VI - It was on May 9, 2018 around 5:30 P.M. that a fire blaze erupted at a make shift dump site in Cox Heath on the western end of Tortola.
UPDATE: Cox Heath fire flames contained, smoke continues
COX HEATH, Tortola, VI - Teams of local water trucks, and a fire tender from as far as the Terence B. Lettsome International Airport on Beef Island, along with help from the Public Works Department and the Ministry of Communications and Works were on site to help contain the wildfire that erupted last evening May 9, 2018, at the Cox Heath dump site on Tortola.
UPDATE: Fireman & Tenant hospitalised following R & R Complex fire
POCKWOOD POND, Tortola, VI - The fire that engulfed the R & R Malone Complex on Saturday, April 14, 2018, was serious.
Fire destroys apartment in East End
EAST END, Tortola, VI- A fire on Thursday night, March 29, 2018 gutted an apartment in East End, on the main island of Tortola.
Fire breaks out @ Diamond Estate home; Woman trapped
DIAMOND ESTATE, Tortola, VI- A fire broke out at a home in Diamond Estate, on the main island of Tortola, yesterday December 10, 2017.
UPDATE: ‘Generator ignited @ RJT Edifice’- Fire Chief McLean
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The fire that started at the RJT Edifice in Road Town, on the main island of Tortola, this morning, December 5, 2017, has been extinguished and the blaze did not catch on to the building itself, according to Chief Fire Officer, Zebalon A. McLean.
Dangerous garbage fire breaks out in Paraquita Bay
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI - A fire broke out at a garbage dump site at Paraquita Bay, Tortola today, October 26, 2017 and threatened to rage out of control.
Fire erupts @ BVI Electricity Power Plant, Pockwood Pond
POCKWOOD POND, Tortola, VI- It was early this morning October 8, 2017 when some employees at the state-owned BVI Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) power plant at Pockwood Pond on the western End of Tortola smelt something burning.
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