Tag: fire

Boat crews and tourists fight fire at Starfish Point

Boat crews and tourists fight fire at Starfish Point

| 06/03/2024 | 16 Comments

(CNS): Crew members and tourists from Captain Marvin’s and Sweet Spot Watersports were heralded as heroes across social media after they all worked to put out a brush fire at Starfish Point on Tuesday evening. At about 6:30pm, as one tour boat was leaving and another arriving at the popular beach spot, a significant blaze […]

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Prison fire began in high risk unit cell

Prison fire began in high risk unit cell

| 23/11/2023 | 7 Comments

(CNS): As the joint investigation by the Cayman Islands Fire Service and the police into a fire at HMP Northward on Tuesday continues, officials have revealed that the blaze started in the high-risk unit where category A prisoners are held. Initial information is that prison officers detected smoke within a prisoner’s cell on the unit […]

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Four hospitalized after fire at HMP Northward

Four hospitalized after fire at HMP Northward

| 22/11/2023 | 2 Comments

(CNS): Four people were taken to hospital Tuesday afternoon in the wake of a fire at the men’s prison, suffering from smoke inhalation. Officials have not said whether or not the four people were staff or inmates or their current condition. According to a release from the RCIPS there was no structural damage to the […]

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Migrants evacuated during fire at  Fairbanks centre

Migrants evacuated during fire at Fairbanks centre

| 24/10/2023

(CNS): Police are investigating a fire at the Customs and Border Control Detention Centre at Fairbanks on Monday. CBC said it started at about 1:00pm and the eight migrants housed there were evacuated from the building while the Cayman Islands Fire Service extinguished the blaze.

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NS police station still intact after fire

NS police station still intact after fire

| 31/07/2023 | 2 Comments

(CNS): The RCIPS has confirmed that although the North Side Police Station on Hutland Road was badly damaged during a fire early Monday morning, the structure remains intact. There was no one in the station at the time of the blaze, but RCIPS officials said the station has been operational. The extent of the damage […]

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Fire crews damp down hotspots at dump

Fire crews damp down hotspots at dump

| 03/02/2023 | 17 Comments

(CNS): The Cayman Islands Fire Service (CIFS) was called to the George Town Landfill Wednesday morning responding to a report about heavy smoke emitting from the remaining open area where garbage is currently being dumped. When they arrived, the firefighters found that there was visible smoke in three areas but no open flames and no […]

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Old Trolley Rodger trailers go up in flames

Old Trolley Rodger trailers go up in flames

| 01/02/2023 | 23 Comments

(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 […]

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Three cars set on fire in George Town street

Three cars set on fire in George Town street

| 28/10/2022 | 20 Comments

(CNS): Police have begun an arson investigation after Cayman Islands Fire Service and RCIPS officers were called to Greenwood Drive in George Town shortly after 4:30 Friday morning. Three vehicles parked along the street were on fire when they arrived. CIFS crews extinguished the blaze and no one was injured. Anyone who may have witnessed […]

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OfReg opens inquiry after vehicle explosion

OfReg opens inquiry after vehicle explosion

| 12/09/2022 | 70 Comments

(CNS): The Utility Regulation and Competition Office (OfReg) has opened an investigation into the suspected illegal storage of fuel at a private residence on Mangrove Avenue in Prospect after a minivan exploded last Wednesday, 7 September. OfReg said the blaze appeared to erupt while a vehicle was being filled with gas outside a residential apartment […]

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East End home sustains major damage in fire

East End home sustains major damage in fire

| 22/06/2022 | 3 Comments

(CNS): A wood and concrete structure at a home on John McLean Drive in East End was badly damaged by fire Monday morning, the Cayman Islands Fire Service has said. Firefighters responded swiftly to the 911 call at around 7:30am on 20 June and were able to extinguish the fire but the damage was said […]

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Radio Cayman escapes fire unscorched

Radio Cayman escapes fire unscorched

| 17/06/2022 | 7 Comments

(CNS): The Cayman Islands Fire Service (CIFS) was called to a structure fire at the Radio Cayman building in George Town at about 10:30 Thursday morning. But on arrival, the crew found that the blaze was actually a garbage fire in a nearby empty water cistern located behind the local radio station at a property […]

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