Old Trolley Rodger trailers go up in flames
(CNS): Cayman Islands Fire Service crews took quick action Tuesday lunchtime to douse a fire in the bush area off Wahoo Close in downtown George Town, where several derelict vehicles have been abandoned. It appears that the trailers once used for sightseeing trips on the ‘Trolley Roger’ had been abandoned there some time ago and had caught fire. The blaze produced thick black acrid smoke close to tourists and workers on the streets, but it was soon brought under control and extinguished.
Fire officers conducted a dynamic risk assessment when they arrived and confirmed that three trailers were on fire, and their quick work prevented the blaze from spreading to any of the adjoining properties. No injuries were reported.
In a release about this incident, CIFS urged anyone who discovers a fire to take all necessary precautions to stay safe and away from the area, and immediately call 911 for the fire service.
The fire started around 1:15pm and attracted a small crowd of onlookers comprising people on their lunch break and visitors along the harbour front.
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I hope it was insured.
Good riddance
Were the derelict trailers still insured?
Hope the derelict, rotten trucks behind IMP don’t suffer the same fate.
Hope the NRA derelict abandoned ones off Crewe Road do.
Our authorities should not allow owners to simply abandon vehicles/equipment. They should be made to properly dispose of such things.
Another law that is not adequately enforced.
I agree. Everyone knows who owned that business. They should be held accountable.
Even in death, the Trolley Rodger inconvenienced and annoyed people.
May it rest in pieces.
derelict vehicles…just another one of the many non-enforced laws in cayman….
well done rcips and civil service…!!!……….zzzzzzzzzzz
Will the owner be charged with littering offences for dumping it there?
You must be forgetting who the owner is.
who?
I almost forgot about that death trap hunk of junk. Too many repressed memories of being stuck behind that swaggen waggen and the long line of traffic it caused.
Hopefully the owners will have some ‘splaining to do but who am I kidding.
The best thing to happen to George Town/ South Sound traffic in the history of the Cayman Islands!
Surprised these vessels did not get a mention in one of those expensive government reports on traffic issues!
Hey it wasn’t just you guys, we all used to get stuck behind it from Countryside to Spotts strait too. Even though there were two lanes at Spotts overtaking was scary coz that trailer was all over the road bobo. Glad it’s gone, hope that death trap is never resurrected.
Thank you Covid-19!
Maybe there is a God after all.
Repent and be baptized oh sinner come home! 5:41 👁
Cannot say I’m sorry. That thing was a huge traffic inconvenience and a death trap on wheels. Find the owner and make him pay for the fire brigade call out costs.
thank God it burnt down, that thing was the worst in the world. however I do hope there’ll be an investigation into the owner who clearly dumped it
Confucius say Jackass who pretend to be Lion should keep mouth closed.
Learn the facts before making comments.
Go on then. Educate us to the facts, and why it’s ok to abandon vehicles like that? Perhaps your comment should be “learn who is involved before making comments that show you think the same law applies to everyone “.
Spontaneous combustion is among the well documented recurring phenomenon going back 400 years in the Cayman Islands. We are founding members in the Lloyds Hall of Fame, and senior CIFS are eager to respect the unexplainable.