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Thirteen people have been displaced by two separate fires that happened between Friday night and Sunday morning in Belize City. We start with the most recent fire that happened very early on Sunday morning. At least ten people were left without a home after a fire destroyed three buildings on Castle Street, including a Salvation […]
The other fire happened on Friday night around eleven-thirty on First Street, also in Belize City. Sixty-eight year old Maria Ayuso was at home with her grandson when she was awoken by the fire. The elderly woman says that she believes it was arson. While they would normally get electricity from a neighbor, she claimed […]
Fifty-five years ago, a true monster unleashed havoc, death and destruction on the tiny colony then known as British Honduras. We speak of Hurricane Hattie, which struck on October thirty-first, 1961, slamming into the coast between Dangriga and Belize City. It killed one hundred and ninety-eight people and left much of the central coast in […]
Written on November 4, 2016 | Posted in
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Police are no closer to determining the cause of the fire that claimed the life of two year old Kaylee Alvarez last Thursday in the Conch Shell Bay Area. As a matter of fact, they say that the evidence on hand doesn’t suggest an arson and they are still unable to pin point where the […]
Hurricane Earl struck Belize on August third causing substantive damages to properties in the city and elsewhere. And despite all efforts to bring relief to families affected, many are still struggling to restore normalcy to their lives. With rains bearing down since Tuesday night, the City Emergency Management Organization is visiting those families whose houses […]
Since embarking upon its Hurricane Earl relief initiative, NEMO has been criticized by residents who have been affected by the natural disaster and have not been visited by ministry personnel. In a press conference held by Prime Minister Barrow in the wake of the storm, three forms of assistance were outlined for hurricane victims. This […]
There was a fire on Monday at one of the family houses at the Price Barracks compound. Fortunately, no one was hurt, but the family lost everything. Commander of the B.D.F., Brigadier General David Jones told us that the B.D.F. will be providing assistance to the family. The cause hasn’t been officially determined but it […]
When Hurricane Earl passed through Belize on August third the B.D.F. suffered substantial damage to their structures including the main store that houses the military equipment and also several roof and houses were damaged on the compound. The infrastructural damage was estimated to be over a million dollars. Well, three months later the B.D.F. are […]
Investigators are currently trying to ascertain if a fire that consumed a house at mile nineteen and three-quarters on the Philip Goldson Highway on Friday afternoon was deliberately set and therefore a case of arson. There was no one inside the wooden home at the time and fire personnel were not able to save the […]
Written on October 31, 2016 | Posted in
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On Thursday night we told you about the tragic fire in Conch Shell Bay area that claimed the life of two year old Kaylee Alvarez. Around midday yesterday, Alvarez and two other young children were inside the wooden home near the Conch Shell Bay market when fire started. The two children were rescued; however, Alvarez […]
Tragedy in Conch Shell Bay as another minor loses her life in a midday fire. It is the third such incident involving children for the month of October. This afternoon, residents of the canal-side neighborhood were inconsolable upon learning of the death of two-year-old Kaylee Alvarez. The little girl was at home with two other […]
On Wednesday afternoon, a fire gutted the bedroom of an elevated wooden structure on Hunters Lane. According to Carla Jimenez, she left her son and his father at home around one o’clock only to be alerted sometime after that the bedroom was ablaze. It was later discovered that the child got a hold of matches […]
When a fire engine passes you by on the street, does it occur to you, even for one second, that where they may be racing to in a hurry just may be your residence? It happened today to Ines Jimenez, a Belize City Council worker residing with her family at number seventeen Hunter’s Lane. Around […]
There were fires reported overnight in Belize City and Valley of Peace, Cayo District. The first took place on the George Price Highway after eleven in the evening and destroyed a bungalow house occupied by two persons who were not at home. However, a candle was left lit inside the house. We hear more from […]
Written on October 22, 2016 | Posted in
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The second incident took place in the early hours of Friday morning and there is very little information as to what caused a house to be set afire in Valley of Peace. Orin Smith tells us more. Orin Smith, Station Officer, National Fire Service “On arrival on the scene, a thirty by thirty-three wooden […]
Written on October 22, 2016 | Posted in
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On Tuesday, we told you about a fire that gutted a home on the south side of Belize City. Sometime after eleven on Monday night, fire woke up residents on Iguana Street Extension. Today, we spoke with the homeowner, Shantia Gill, who says that her wooden home was set on fire. Luckily, she and her […]
But was the fire an act of arson? Gill believes that the fire stemmed from a shooting incident on Saturday, three days before her house was set ablaze. She explains how she narrowly escaped being shot in what police say was a crossfire between two individuals. Shantia Gill, Fire Victim “From since Saturday night […]
A fire destroyed a home shortly after eleven last night in Belize City. Shantel Gill wasn’t at home on Iguana Street Extension when fire engulfed the wooden house and completely destroyed it. When we visited the scene today, the owner wasn’t at home but her neighbor told us that he was awaken by the heat […]
Caroline Hamilton, the mother of eleven year old eleven year old Aaron Gabourel who was killed in a fire on October fifth, is pleading with those who have information on the arson to come forward. The mother says she is desperate for closure and feels that the case is stalling. It has been two weeks […]
Police have picked up a man in connection with the burning of Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber’s government assigned vehicle. The fire happened at Faber’s Lord’s Bank residence around midnight on Wednesday and surveillance on Faber’s property picked up the culprit as he climbed over the gates and set the vehicle on fire. Well, Faber […]
Written on October 13, 2016 | Posted in
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The most tragic of deaths—heartless and cold—is that of an innocent child being killed. That’s what happened on Tuesday night on Aloe Vera Street when an arsonist entered into the house of the Hamilton family and knowingly set the house on fire with seven persons, including four children inside. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. Caroline […]
Belize continues to pick up the pieces in the aftermath of Hurricane Earl, and here in the Belize District at least twenty-two families who have spent weeks of their lives in shelters can expect to come home – to a permanent home – by the end of the month. Thousands were affected when the category […]
Written on September 27, 2016 | Posted in
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A fire in Belize City destroyed a man’s home and personal belongings. Marlon Usher of Arlington Drive said he was hospitalized so he wasn’t at home when his house was destroyed by fire around eight on Saturday night. The Belize City man said that he suspects arson. Here’s what he told News Five about the […]
Written on September 26, 2016 | Posted in
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Hurricane Earl swept through Belize since August but months later the damages left in its trail are multiplying. Several of eighteen fishermen on the island of Caye Caulker say they need significant help to recover from hurricane Earl, which threatens more damage to an industry that has already seen significant damage in other areas such […]
While the fishermen plea for help, on Tuesday we reported that some eight million dollars in relief was issued to the National Emergency Management Organization to start efforts at reconstruction and rehabilitation following the ravages of Hurricane Earl. In addition to relief from major country donors and international organizations, some Southside Belize City-specific relief is […]
Written on September 23, 2016 | Posted in
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