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An electrical fault in the air conditioning at The Royal Gazette brought operations to a halt this afternoon. Employees evacuated the premises after the fire alarm went off at about 4pm. “It was a fault in the air conditioning,” a senior fire offic...

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 car fire in Hamilton was extinguished by the Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service at about 4.45pm today. Firefighters attended the incident at the junction of Court Street and Angle Street, with two trucks and eight personnel sent. Spokesman Sergeant De...

Concerns of asbestos contamination have risen in the aftermath of a conflagration in Hamilton that burnt down one of the city’s oldest buildings. Sources told The Royal Gazette that firefighters had flagged up the issue, given the building’s age, and...

The predawn fire on Thursday that gutted businesses on a section of Front Street also deprived Hamilton of a vintage historic building. The city lost one of two Georgian era buildings, which was one of Front Street’s first three-storey edifices cover...

Firefighters tackled a small bushfire in the Devil’s Hole area tonight. One fire engine attended the scene of the blaze at just after 10pm on Broken Hill Lane and quickly contained the flames.

A firefighter on the front line of unprecedented and devastating wildfires in his Canadian home town has spoken of the department’s determination to save their city. Nick Waddington, whose sister Sarah Morgan has lived in Bermuda for 13 years, has se...

A loud “boom” has left scores of residents in the West End mystified. Reports of an explosion and shaking houses on Monday evening led to a search in Sandys by the Bermuda Police Service and the Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service. But nothing untoward ...

The cause of an explosion that shook homes in the West End last night is still unknown. Emergency services investigated a loud sound in the Watford Bridge and Mangrove Bay area just before 10pm but came up with no clues as to why it happened. A repor...

Former divisional officers Dana Lovell and Morris White were today officially promoted to the new rank of Assistant Chief Fire Officers. Mr Lovell will be responsible for the management and administration of emergency medical services, structural and...

Firefighters put out a vehicle fire in Sandys last night. The Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service responded to a report of a van on fire on Overplus Lane at about 11.20pm. According to spokeswoman Sergeant Russann Francis, the duty crew found the van’s...

Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service extinguished a burning tree near the junction of Point Finger Road and Berry Hill Road early this afternoon. According to a spokesman, the service responded to a report from Belco of a tree fire a few minutes after noo...