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Heavy rains result in floods of calls for Island's firefighters

Heavy rains had the Bermuda Fire Service busy responding to floodings yesterday.Just before 10 a.m., firefighters were called to a flooding at Honda Ltd. on Front Street. And nine minutes later,

Heavy rains had the Bermuda Fire Service busy responding to floodings yesterday.

Just before 10 a.m., firefighters were called to a flooding at Honda Ltd. on Front Street. And nine minutes later, they were called to another at Woodlands Playhouse Nursery on Woodlands Road. At 10.28 a.m., they removed a carpet after part of a house was flooded in Hillsdale Estates off Hermitage Road.

And at 10.31 a.m., they responded to a flooding at Devil's Hole Aquarium.

Water pumps were next needed at an office building at Dundonald and Parliament streets at 12.46 p.m., a spokesman said. The final call of the day was at 5.16 p.m., to Nu-Castle Lane off Collector's Hill.

None of the floodings was reported as serious. Most involved between one and four inches of water.