Tag: fire
Unattended drier sparks blaze from lint build-up
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Fire Service (CIFS) is warning residents not to leave tumble driers running when they are not at home after a recent house fire caused by an unattended machine. Chief Fire Officer David Hails said that failure to properly clean a tumble dryer is the main contributing factor to dryer fires. Speaking about the call-out […]
Firefighters battle major South Sound blaze
(CNS): Firefighters were on the scene of a house blaze in South Sound Wednesday morning. The fire which was reported at around 6:40am at the home on Clayton Drive across from the oil terminals at Jackson Point was brought under control by firefighters by around 7am. The blaze appears to have started in, and been […]
Empty mobile homes catch fire
(CNS): Two mobile homes in North Side received extensive fire damage Friday afternoon, according to the RCIPS, who said that enquires revealed that both homes had been uninhabited for the past two years. The 911 emergency call centre received a call around 4:03pm on 2 September that a mobile home was on fire on Rossini […]
Woman charged with arson over house fire
(CNS): A 37-year-old woman has been charged with arson in connection with a house fire in Cruz Lane, George Town, last month in which three homes were understood to have been completely destroyed. The fire, which claimed the small wooden structures, impacted at least three families, who are now being supported by social services. From […]
7MB shops blaze under investigation
(CNS): Firefighters were called out to a blaze at a West Bay Road shopping strip Tuesday night that claimed three premises, including a well-known café. Treats, Party Mania and the former Cayman Shoe Shop at the West Shore Plaza in the heart of the Seven Mile Beach tourist area were all badly damaged after a ceiling fire […]
Three homes burned in GT arson attack
(CNS): Police have confirmed that a wooden house caught fire in the early hours of Sunday morning (31 July) on Cruz Lane, George Town. The report was made to 911 at 1:43am and fire fighters were sent to the scene. Police said the Cayman Islands Fire Service had the blaze under control by 2am. According […]
House fire in East End was arson
(CNS): Police and fire officers investigating a fire that destroyed a house on Seaview Road in East End last week have determined that it was started deliberately. No one was inside the house and no one was injured in the blaze, police said. Just after 1:30am on Tuesday morning, 29 March, fire, police and EMS were dispatched […]
Owner believes house fire was arson
(CNS): A house in East End was gutted by fire last week and the owner, who lives in the US, believes it was deliberate. According to the RCIPS, police officers, the Cayman Islands Fire Service and medics responded to a report of a fire on Seaview Drive in East End at about 1:30am on the 29 March. […]
Engine room fire knocks out CUC generator
(CNS): Two of CUC’s employees were taken to hospital for possible smoke inhalation after putting out an engine room fire on Monday morning. CUC officials said that the fire broke out at around 10:30am after a broken line leaked fuel onto the exhaust system of one of the generating units. CUC said the generator affected […]
Help on way for BT family overlooked in wake of fire
(CNS): A local man who organized a massive community effort to help get a George Town family on the road to recovery after a fire devastated their lives last month is turning his attention to a family in Bodden Town who also lost their home in a fire a few weeks before. Matthew Leslie, from […]
Fire devastates GT family yard
(CNS): A major fire in Windsor Park blazed through a house and apartments in a family yard Friday night, leaving 17 people homeless, including several children, aged between one to fourteen years old. The wooden homes were destroyed in a matter of minutes after the fire started at around 9:30pm (24 July). Despite the shocking devastation suffered by the […]
