Monday, May 27, 2019
A MASSIVE fire ripped through a Bahamas Power and Light facility in Bimini last night, leaving the island in darkness.
“BPL is confirming a fire at our facility in Bimini, a BPL spokesman said last night. “The Fire Department is on site and working to extinguish the fire. We will provide more information as it becomes available.”
Cell phone videos of the huge blaze circulated on social media last night, showing large flames and plumes of thick smoke emanating from the building as bystanders looked on in the dark.
One resident lamented the fire meant islanders would have to rely on generators for power supply.
“With the government we got, we gone be on generator for years,” one resident is heard saying in one video.
The cause of the fire was not known up to press time.
Comments
OldFort2012 says...
Fantastic opportunity to do what should have been done 100 years ago: run a cable from Miami and forget all about BPL.
Posted 28 May 2019, 6:31 a.m. Suggest removal
ashley14 says...
Scary I hope no one was hurt.
Posted 28 May 2019, 8:33 a.m. Suggest removal
Well_mudda_take_sic says...
Did anyone hear BPL's union leader (Paul Maynard) blow his whistle? Perhaps this was just a disobedient faction of his gestapo goon squad well known for sabotaging BPL's operations when union memebers don't get what they want from government.
Posted 28 May 2019, 9:18 a.m. Suggest removal
Sickened says...
Well I guess that's it for Bimini. Closed for business until they can get a new generator. Guessing what, 3 months?
Posted 28 May 2019, 9:28 a.m. Suggest removal
bogart says...
ODD...........OF ALL THE ENGINES........CAR ENGINES....BUS ENGINES.....AIRPLANE ENGINES.....BOAT ENGINES....GOVT ENGINES/ UNITS/PLANTS.....WATER AN SEWAGE ......AIRPORTS.........IN DA BAHAMAS....SAY 10,000 UNITS..........WHAT IS THE PROBABILITY......OF THESE ENGINES/ UNITS ............EVER CATCHING FIRE...!!!???????????????????????????????????
Posted 28 May 2019, 9:56 a.m. Suggest removal
DDK says...
Still no report on the cause of the fires in Nassau? Can they keep getting away with this?
What report from Minister of Works and Minister of National Security??? Probably collaborating their stories....
Posted 28 May 2019, 10:03 a.m. Suggest removal
Well_mudda_take_sic says...
The heavily padded contracts and kickbacks behind buying new engines/generators is possibly too great an allure for our greedy corrupt politicians and union leaders alike. LMAO
Posted 28 May 2019, 10:14 a.m. Suggest removal
DDK says...
Too true!
Posted 28 May 2019, 11:41 a.m. Suggest removal
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