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More than 24 hours after the HWP fire began, smoke was still in the air on St John’s Road yesterday.
Area residents who spoke with The Royal Gazette expressed concern that chemicals released in the fire could have washed into their water tanks.
One S...
DATE: Aug 10, 2011
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The Premier today urged Bermudians living in London “to take care and be safe” as rioting continued.
London has been beset by riots since a man was shot dead by police in the Tottenham area of the city at the weekend. Rioting has spread to several pa...
DATE: Aug 09, 2011
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A business owner told today how staff grabbed everything of value before fleeing the building they thought would be destroyed in the HWP fire.
Karolina DeCosta feared the worst as she saw the “smoke turn to flames” in the HWP showroom just metres fr...
DATE: Aug 09, 2011
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Teenager Jahmeiko Perkins could have died following a road accident, police said today.
The body of the 19-year-old was found on Saturday in a ditch on Parson’s Lane by a female passer-by.
It was thought he had suffered multiple injuries and his deat...
DATE: Aug 09, 2011
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The Ministry of Health said the situation was “ideal” to prevent the spread of asbestos following the HWP fire yesterday.
However members of the public are warned they may need to clean out their water tanks if their homes were affected by the plume ...
DATE: Aug 09, 2011
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The remnants of the fire-ravaged HWP building were this morning torn down.
A large bulldozer moved in at lunchtime to demolish the front of the HWP building - the only part left after the fire yesterday.
Earlier in the morning, droves of people are t...
DATE: Aug 09, 2011
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The One Bermuda Alliance, Bermuda’s Opposition party, will hold its first leadership election on Saturday, September 10.
The announcement was made this morning by party chairman Michael Fahy.
John Barritt, the party’s interim leader since it was form...
DATE: Aug 09, 2011
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The first public building project to come from Government initiatives to nurture small and medium-sized construction companies has been unveiled by Minister of Trade and Industry Kim Wilson.
The renovation project at Sea Song, near John Smith’s Bay, ...
DATE: Aug 09, 2011
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Up to 60 firefighters stood in line shoulder-to-shoulder for around three hours to bring yesterday's massive blaze at HWP under control.
Crews from across the Island tackled the fire using the “surround and drown” method as it was deemed too dangerou...
DATE: Aug 09, 2011
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The Department of Health yesterday warned residents who live near the HWP fire to protect their water supply as thick smoke poured over the area.
“Ideally all downpipes that connect the catchments and tanks should be blocked on houses immediately adj...
DATE: Aug 09, 2011
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