Police Prison Van Catches Fire; No one Injured

ASP Fitzroy Yearwood

A police prison van caught fire on the Western Highway this morning as it was transporting prisoners to Belmopan for a court hearing. Only a short distance from the prison, the van went up in flames. Fortunately, the prisoners and officers were able to escape the fire. ASP Yearwood tells us more.

ASP Fitzroy Yearwood, Communications Director, Belize Police Department

“I know that this morning sometime around eight twenty a.m. in the Tropical Park area of Hattieville, the police run that makes its daily run to the prison was travelling with five prisoners on board and police personnel when the drive observed fire coming from the hood of the van. He made an immediate stop, everybody exited the van including the prisoners. The van, they managed to extinguish the fire. The prisoners were put in a other van the police had on the highway the same time and they made their way down to court. We know that we have our investigators on the scene trying to determine what may have caused that fire.”