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Arson has not been ruled out as the cause of the devastating fire that destroyed Onion Jack’s and seriously damaged surrounding stores on Front Street, police have revealed. Detectives are still working closely with the Bermuda Fire and Rescue Servic...

Firefighters have hailed the brave actions of residents who tackled a house fire in Hamilton Parish and helped an elderly woman escape the flames. Crews were called to the property on Summit View Drive on Friday, shortly before 5pm, only to find that...

Freisenbruch-Meyer Group will return home next week after six weeks of renovation work at their fire-damaged Front Street offices. The insurance company temporarily relocated to the Chubb building in Woodbourne Avenue after its offices were damaged b...

Firefighters tackled a bedroom blaze in Hamilton Parish this afternoon. The property in Abbott’s Cliff Road sustained major smoke damage throughout as a result of the fire which broke out at around 2.13pm. “We responded to a report of a structural fi...

Smoke billowed from the top floor of a Hamilton Princess building tonight after the wood burning stove in Marcus’ caught fire. A Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said: “They shut down the exhaust chimney and the hotel staff managed to conta...

One person was taken to hospital after a boat caught fire in Ely’s Harbour, Sandys, this evening. The owner of the 40ft craft sustained minor injuries in the blaze at about 7.30pm and was taken to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital for observation. Ei...

Demolition has begun on the historic 77-81 Front Street building, after it succumbed to a huge fire last month. Devonshire-based company Island Construction Services is conducting the work, with the firm’s vice-president Alan DeSilva estimating that...

The scene of Front Street’s epic fire on July 21 contains “no visible asbestos”, according to the Ministry of Health, but an investigation continues. The elderly building at 77-81 Front Street remains under examination by the Bermuda Fire and Rescue ...

The investigation into last month’s fire on Front Street has entered its second phase, with the Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service beginning to analyse materials recovered from the scene. A service spokesman said phase two was under way last week with ...

A fitness class has raised $2,100 to help the Chewstick Foundation get back on its feet after the fire of two weeks ago. The arts charity lost its space and belongings in the major blaze, and has appealed for the community to help rise from the ashes...

After last week’s inferno on Front Street, national security minister Jeff Baron has promised to address equipment shortages in the fire service. Firefighters fought to control and put out the flames after they broke out at 4.30am on Thursday, with e...

The fire that destroyed the offices of Front Street group Queen Management will help it to modernise and create efficiencies as a paperless company. Thursday’s fire that devastated the offices, as well as the computers and desks within, forced the wo...