While things heat up at Smart, a fire this afternoon gutted a two storey wooden home in the Fabers Road Area in Belize City belonging to Sheddrack Banner and Clarine Budna. The couple was not at home when the fire broke; it engulfed the house quickly and took some twenty minutes to completely gut the […]
And as to the cause of the fire, Training Officer of the National Fire Service, Kenneth Mortis, says that the negligent use of extension cords was once again deemed to have caused the inferno. Kenneth Mortis, Training Officer, Nat’l Fire Service “This afternoon the cause of the fire was another malpractice of extension cords. What […]
A fire in Caye Caulker that started at about two o’clock this morning lasted for two hours and by the time it was contained, over seven hundred thousand dollars in damages were caused to three properties. But the issue stirring much anger on the island today was the alleged negligent response of the Fire Department. […]
Commuters on Albert Street this morning were shaken up by a vehicle explosion in front of Wholesale Plus. It involved a Belize Western Energy Limited butane truck that experienced a massive gas leak in the heavily trafficked and commercial area. One of the gas attendants fainted as a result of the fumes emanating from the […]
Two Belize City families headed by single mothers lost everything in a midday fire today. The six persons have, for the time being, moved in with relatives and friends after the blaze gutted their home located on Neal Penn Road. The fire started in a bedroom of one of the wooden apartments sometime around twelve-thirty […]
Tropical Storm Ida did not have affect Belize that Tropical Depression number sixteen had last year, but it did claim forty lives in neighbouring El Salvador after it dumped heavy rains over that country for three days. The deaths happened in at least five of the fourteen provinces in the mountainous regions where it had […]
The hurricane season is winding down but this weekend, in southern Belize residents are bracing for heavy rains and flooding from Tropical Storm Ida that hit Nicaragua and Honduras and then downgraded to a depression. The speed of the depression has moved faster than those projected by models, but is Ida a threat? You need […]
As we said earlier, the tropical depression does not pose much threat of making direct landfall over Belize. In fact, the projected path of the weather system has it taking a northerly then north-westerly track. But the folks at the National Emergency Management Organization, NEMO, have taken steps to prepare for any possibility or eventuality, […]
It’s the first storm to head this way for the 2009 Hurricane Season and the forecast is that Ida will bring a lot rain in the next few days. Ida formed in the southwest of the Caribbean on Wednesday afternoon and by night it was the topic of conversation countrywide. But today Ida has weakened […]
On Monday’s newscast we reported of a traffic accident involving a sixteen year old who was hit and ended between the rear tires of a heavy duty ten wheeler truck in Georgeville. Tonight, two minors—a fourteen year old and five month old baby—are hospitalized at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital following a fire that occurred […]
And in the city, a fire sometime around ten on Sunday night destroyed the home of a family of four. Thirty-three year old Marcelteno Montejo and his two year old son were inside their home located on Periwinkle Street in the Lake I Area when an overload in an extension cord used to power his […]
A fire on Queen Street proved to be a double whammy for businessman, Roberto Chee and his family, who experienced a second blaze at their Queen Street residence and store. And while today’s loss in no way matched the previous inferno which totaled their wooden building back in the 90’s, it did create a whole […]
It has been more than a year since the deadly floods caused by Tropical Storm Arthur and Tropical Depression Sixteen struck the country. Thirteen lives were lost and millions of dollars worth of damages were inflicted on personal and public property. While it has been a relatively quiet hurricane season thus far, the recent rains […]
But Northern residents are not the only ones facing inundation. The rains in Belize City have also created flooding problems for residents directly behind the Lord Ridge Cemetery. They, however, have placed blame squarely on the Belize City Council citing the filling that started a few weeks ago on the back portion of the graveyard […]
On Tuesday, a fire gutted the Ahmad family house in Hattieville. Fourteen persons were displaced by the morning blaze. The Ahmads are attempting to rebuild their home, but with the economic downturn, money is not easy to come by. News Five’s Duane Moody was in Hattieville and has this report. Duane Moody Reporting You worked […]
Turning south, a fire in Dangriga has left a family of six homeless. The blaze started this afternoon while four of the six occupants, including a child were in the building. Luckily no one was hurt. News Five spoke to Dangriga resident, Macario Augustine who was in the area of Rivas Estate at the time […]
A fire erupted in the wee hours of the morning and the only person left homeless is the elderly man, who is also under suspicion for the blaze. The fire occurred just after midnight at sixty-four Regent Street West and gutted the upper flat of a two storey house, occupied by seventy-seven year old Henry […]
It is business at usual at the Belize Foam and Furniture Limited, where a fire destroyed a concrete structure and its contents. News Five’s Jose Sanchez was at the scene this morning and found out that within hours, the factory was churning out mattresses from its main building. Jose Sanchez Reporting A fire broke out […]
‘Tis the season for hurricane preparedness. With the season well underway, two trainers from the U.S.A.I.D. Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance in Dominica are here on initial damage assessment and needs analysis. They are here to train a total of thirty-five personnel from the National Emergency Management Organization, related Ministries and non-government organizations, the basics […]
The weatherman has issued a flood warning for the Macal, Belize, Deep and Sarstoon Rivers and Golden Stream in the Toledo District. A News Five crew travelling west, detected that both the Iguana Creek Bridge and the low-lying bridge at San Ignacio were inundated. This was due to weekend rains caused by several tropical waves […]
The origins of a fire on Sunday morning in the St Martin’s area of Belize City, appears suspicious and the motive is under investigation. The wooden structure was totally destroyed by the blaze and fire fighters were able to contain the fire from spreading to nearby buildings. The owner of the bungalow says he lost […]
There were two fires over the weekend and two homes were completely destroyed. In Belize City on Arlington drive, a blaze destroyed a small wooden house. Shortly after midday on Sunday, the structure went up in flames which quickly spread and gutted the house. The second blaze also on Sunday burnt to the ground another […]
It is one month into the hurricane season and the Belize City branch of the National Emergency Management Organization is preparing residents for any eventuality. CEMO is delivering Hurricane Preparedness Bulletins to city residents on safety and preparedness measures to take in case of a disaster. Councillor Phillip Willoughby told News Five that they hope […]
The heavy rains on Wednesday caused flooding in many parts of the country, but the most affected were the community of Middlesex and villagers who regularly cross the Kendal River. While the causeway at Kendal was under approximately seven feet of water, the Middlesex Bridge was out of commission for at least twelve hours. According […]
So what was behind Wednesday’s downpour? Well, it’s the hurricane season and according to the National Meteorological Service, there are a number of tropical waves heading our way… and that means more rain. But it’s not all bad news. Supervisor of Hydrology, Rudolph Williams says that while there will be a lot of rain; they […]
