Fire Destroys House in Lord’s Bank Village
Around eight o’clock, a fire broke inside an elevated wooden house in Lord’s Bank Village on Sunday night. The home was occupied by an elderly person who escaped unhurt. The [...]
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Fire Destroys Room at San Pedro Hotel
Just after seven on Wednesday night, a fire broke inside a room at Conch Shell Hotel Inn located on the beach front of Barrier Reef Drive in San Pedro Town. [...]
Written on August 8, 2019 | Posted in Disasters | No comment
Fire Destroys Wooden Home on Aloe Vera Street
A fire destroyed a wooden house in Belize City on Thursday night. It happened on Aloe Vera Street, a few minutes before nine. The house was engulfed in flames for [...]
Written on August 2, 2019 | Posted in Disasters | No comment
Freak Storm Wreaks Havoc in Peini
A freak storm tore through Punta Gorda on Sunday night, tottering a number of trees in town and causing a power outage. According to several reports from that municipality, the [...]
Written on July 29, 2019 | Posted in Disasters | No comment
Fruit Vendor’s Van Destroyed by Fire
On Thursday night, just after eight, a vendor’s van was destroyed by fire in Belize City. Fifty-eight-year-old Barrington Usher of Saint Matthews Village told police that he was driving the [...]
American Tourist Drowns While Diving in Belize
An American retiree drowned on Thursday afternoon in San Pedro. He has been identified as sixty-six-year-old Steven Vorhaus of Colorado. News Five has learned that Vorhaus left on a boat [...]
Written on July 19, 2019 | Posted in Disasters | No comment
Family of Nine is Displaced by Fire in Roaring Creek
A family in Roaring Creek Village has been left homeless following a devastating fire. The blaze consumed the house in which they lived for seventeen long years. It is believed [...]
Written on July 18, 2019 | Posted in Disasters | No comment
Fire Destroys Family Home in Roaring Creek
A house was completely destroyed by fire in Roaring Creek today. Shortly after four this evening, a fire broke out inside the house of forty-four-year-old Denise Arnold in the ‘Another [...]
Written on July 17, 2019 | Posted in Disasters | No comment
Diaz Family Displaces by Fire in Georgeville
In a matter of minutes, a family of eight was displaced by fire in the village of Georgeville, Cayo at the start of the weekend. It is believed a four-year-old [...]
Written on July 15, 2019 | Posted in Disasters | No comment
Bus Catches Fire on GP Highway with 41 Tourists Onboard
A group of U.S. nationals, who arrived on a scheduled cruise ship call this morning, had a huge scare. The visitors were heading to the Belize Zoo when the bus [...]
Investigation Still Underway into Dangriga House Fire
On Friday, a fire completely destroyed a wooden house in Dangriga. Around seven-thirty that morning, fire broke out at a residence on George Price Drive, but though firefighters responded quickly, [...]
Written on July 8, 2019 | Posted in Disasters | No comment
Fire Destroys House in Dangriga Leaving Family Homeless
A house in Dangriga was destroyed by fire early this morning. The fire broke out at a residence on the George Price Boulevard. Firefighters responded quickly but were unable to [...]
Written on July 5, 2019 | Posted in Disasters | No comment
Fire Department Speaks on Fashion & More Fire in Belmopan
Last Wednesday, we reported on a fire that wiped out a boutique in Belmopan. The fire started on Tuesday night just before seven o’clock in a storeroom of Fashion and [...]
Written on July 2, 2019 | Posted in Disasters | No comment
Faulty Water Heater Destroys Home in the North
A fire destroyed a family home in the early hours of Monday morning. The Nah family was asleep inside their home on Tate Street in Orange Walk Town when one [...]
Written on July 2, 2019 | Posted in Disasters | No comment
A Blaze in the Capital Wipes Out Fashion & More
A fire on Tuesday evening gutted a store at a shopping complex in Belmopan. The cause of the blaze is under investigation, but a few days ago, electrical issues plagued [...]
George Street Fire Leaves Elderly Man Homeless
A fire on Saturday night in Belize City has left an elderly man homeless. The property on George Street contained three wooden structures, two of which were gutted by the [...]
Written on June 24, 2019 | Posted in Disasters | No comment
Jamie Cayetano Drowns in Red Bank
A young man lost his life over the weekend in Red Bank Village where he had gone swimming with a group of friends in the nearby river. Jamie Cayetano reportedly [...]
Fire Destroys Wooden Structure on Old Belize Compound
There was a fire on Tuesday morning at Old Belize located at mile five on the George Price Highway. A wooden structure near the entrance of the compound was partially [...]
Written on June 12, 2019 | Posted in Disasters | No comment
Hurricane Season: June to November
The 2019 Atlantic hurricane season begins on Saturday and will run through to November thirtieth. The forecast for this year suggests that tropical cyclone activity will be near normal in [...]
Belize Coast Guard Prepares for 2019 Atlantic Basin Hurricane Season
Lieutenant Gregory Soberanis of the Belize Coast Guard led an informational session to discuss the Coast Guard’s state of readiness for the 2019 Atlantic Basin hurricane season. Lt. Gregory [...]
CEMO Kicks off 2019 Hurricane Season
The 2019 Atlantic Hurricane Season begins on Saturday and for the next six months the City Emergency Management Organization will remain on standby should a storm head towards the Old [...]
Valley of Peace Teen Drowns
A teenager drowned over the weekend in the Valley of Peace Community out west. On Saturday afternoon, a group of friends was socializing near the bank of the Belize River [...]
Fire Destroys Popular DVD Store in Ladyville
A fire over the weekend destroyed a popular DVD store in Ladyville. The fire reportedly broke out in the wee hours of Sunday morning. Albert Flowers of A and J [...]
Written on May 20, 2019 | Posted in Disasters | No comment
Tourism Minister Says Boat Explosion Caused by Overfilled Gas Tanks
An explosion on Sunday, May fifth at the Ocean Ferry Water Taxi terminal in Belize City claimed the lives of eight-year-old Kimberly Melisa Guy and ten-year-old Jamiri Yasmin Guy. The [...]
Father of 2 Drowns in Corozal Town
There was a third loss of life up north. A construction worker drowned in Corozal Town sometime between Monday and Tuesday. The father of two packed his tool bag and [...]
