Church and Abandoned Building Destroyed as Firefighters Respond to Three Fires Within Minutes
Foundation of Love Ministries Church in Law Pasture and a building near John I Martin Racetrack were destroyed, while an excavator sustained extensive damage in a separate fire.
Firefighters responded to three fires reported within eight minutes on Monday afternoon, completely destroying a church and an abandoned wooden building and extensively damaging an excavator.
Speaking to Antigua.news, Fire Brigade Public Relations Officer Inspector Lester Bagot said the St John’s Fire Station received the first call at approximately 3:04 p.m., reporting a structure fire east of the John I Martin Racetrack.
Two fire tenders from St John’s and another from All Saints responded. Crews arrived to find the abandoned wooden building fully engulfed in flames.
Firefighters used water from the tenders to control and extinguish the blaze.
However, the building, which measured approximately 40 by 60 feet, was destroyed.
While responding to that incident, the All Saints crew received another call at approximately 3:10 p.m. about a fire at the Foundation of Love Ministries Church in Law Pasture.
On arrival, firefighters found the wooden church fully engulfed in flames.
Despite efforts to control and extinguish the blaze, the 42-by-24-foot structure was destroyed.
A crew from Coolidge was dispatched to assist at the church. However, while travelling to Law Pasture, the crew received instructions at approximately 3:12 p.m. to divert to an excavator fire on All Saints Road, near Lics Limited.
There, firefighters found the interior of the cab of a yellow JCB-540 excavator on fire. They extinguished the flames, but the cab sustained extensive damage.
Bagot said the Fire Brigade is investigating the origins of all three fires.
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