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Three homeless following fire in VG

The Handsome Bay, Virgin Gorda House owned by Elias Samuel which was gutted by fire. Photo: VINO Team of Reporters
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.

The two-storey apartment building, owned by Elias Samuel, is said to have been occupied by the three persons at the time of the incident.

The fire reportedly occurred around 10:45 P.M. According to authentic sources, the fire gutted the house in a matter of minutes.

At the time, one of the persons was reportedly asleep. However, there were no reports of any injuries as a result of the blaze nor were there any minors in the building.

Sources said fire fighters arrived promptly on the scene but were unable to do much to save the upper flat of the building.

Occupants of the house were reportedly only able to escape with the clothes on their backs and very little household effects.

19 Responses to “Three homeless following fire in VG”

  • A Fahie (03/01/2013, 09:34) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    wow!
  • qc (03/01/2013, 09:47) Like (0) Dislike (6) Reply
    hope its not ARSON
  • hope hill (03/01/2013, 09:51) Like (5) Dislike (0) Reply
    hope they had time to save things
  • egg face (03/01/2013, 10:03) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    What a way to end to end one year and begin another.
  • Fyah Queen (03/01/2013, 14:39) Like (1) Dislike (1) Reply
    Fire Truck was on the scene in EXCELLENT time and guess what - NOT A DROP OF WATER in the hydrant to had out the fire.
    • right (03/01/2013, 17:28) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
      my god you got to be kidding right?
      • bvi platinum (03/01/2013, 23:44) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
        VINO hast off again I look on all the other sites and only you got this story...you does be jami mehson
    • biwater (03/01/2013, 23:11) Like (2) Dislike (2) Reply
      do you need us up there?
    • Silly (04/01/2013, 09:11) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
      all can see from the pic, that if water was insufficient, there would have been way more damage....we need to come together as a community to help each other...why didnt you get a water truck to help out it??
      • Hmmmmm (08/01/2013, 15:31) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
        come together when we dont even have water anytime after 8 am much less all night and instead of them lyming and partying outside fire and rescue they need to be checking and inspecting there trucks everyday to make sure water is there hats off to the tola team but thanks you Dwight for being the fire and rescue team with your truck or else maybe more would have burnt
  • Just Sayin (03/01/2013, 17:29) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
    Maybe when the Water Dept shuts off the water each night to refill the reservoir, they should consider emergencies and why aren't the hydrants plumbed direct. Still don't understand why the Dept thinks they are saving soooooo much water to refill their tanks between 10pm & 5am (thank you for considering our daytime needs but not feeling that many of us are actually using much water at these times) that it is worth risking peoples lives & homes in the event of an emergency.
  • social (03/01/2013, 20:53) Like (0) Dislike (4) Reply
    One has to wonder about the level of death and distruction after seing teh pic of teh building
  • tola (03/01/2013, 23:06) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
    give god thanks your life was save.it is sad but me have to move on it will be hard because you just celebrated the christmas holidays all the best for the year.if they ask to donate i will be glad to help.
  • HandsomebayRez (03/01/2013, 23:25) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    @social... what are u really talking about? yes there was destruction.. NO death... HUSH ya mouth from instigating please.
  • Me Me (05/01/2013, 23:05) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    God is good. No life was lost
  • mr.big sean (09/01/2013, 19:20) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply

    how can a house burn and no one is in it.the man who live there was not even there.he is off island for some time now.they say is water and bad powering cuz it.that sounds funny.



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