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Oil spill reported between Sophie Bay Hill & Kings Town

- road closed from CTL in Fish Bay
The road closed at Fish Bay, in the vicinity of CTL, due to the oil spill today, May 1, 2025. Photo: Team of Reporters
BRANDYWINE BAY, Tortola, VI – Traffic heading east on the Blackburne Highway is being diverted reportedly due to an oil spill between Sophie Bay Hill and Kings Town this morning, May 1, 2025.

Circumstances surrounding the oil spill are unclear; however, our News Centre has been informed that officers from the Virgin Islands Fire and Rescue Services, in collaboration with Public Works Department, are cleaning up the affected area.

Chief Fire Officer Zebalon A McLean confirmed the incident to our News Centre and said it is unclear at this time who or what caused the oil spill.

 More details will be provided as they come in.

10 Responses to “Oil spill reported between Sophie Bay Hill & Kings Town”

  • Truck boii (01/05/2025, 10:57) Like (11) Dislike (0) Reply
    Again?! Listen right; to whom it may concern my fellow truck drivers and vehicle drivers, please for love of God check your vehicles and truck before leaving from home please fo sake of the safety of other road users. And to all truck owners who happen to have a Flatbed in y'all Trucking companies, please, double check your trucks before transporting the oil them from point A to point B. Especially for the pickup trucks too as well as for those is on a contract to pick up the oil them from the nearby areas where the public bin them is located. Because y'all is being to careless to even drive carefully and double checking your cargo before voin out on the government road. So please do us and yourself the favor and make sure that your oil them is good to go before driving.
  • stuppes (01/05/2025, 11:08) Like (8) Dislike (10) Reply
    Where is Kings Town....it is Kingston please.
    • Iva Biggin (01/05/2025, 11:56) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
      No, the maps clearly show the location is Kings Town. Kingston is in Jamrock
    • @ stuppes (01/05/2025, 12:42) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
      Pretty sure it is King's Town.
    • DosEquis (01/05/2025, 13:47) Like (1) Dislike (1) Reply
      Actually, the article is correct, and you are not. Glad to see some errors (though commonly accepted as fact) are being corrected.
    • Marty Probasco (01/05/2025, 15:41) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      @ Stuppes..when you have people who dont know their way around reporting you get that.
  • Me (01/05/2025, 12:33) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
    The legal name is Kingstown
  • Anonymous (01/05/2025, 13:46) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    at least they deserve some credit for being proactive
  • pat (02/05/2025, 02:39) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Hope someone is paying a fine
  • inspector (02/05/2025, 03:05) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    set of old beat up vehicles on the public highway


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