USVI responders sent to Tortola to help fight landfill fire

Acting Gov. Osbert E. Potter authorized the U.S. Virgin Islands Fire Service and Police Department to assist the British Virgin Islands in responding to a landfill fire on Tortola, according to a Government House statement published May 11, 2018.

Government House said the action followed a request from BVI Premier Orlando Smith after the fire broke out on the night of May 9, 2018, at the Cox Heath dump site on Tortola.

Seven firefighters from the Virgin Islands Fire Service and three Virgin Islands Police Department Marine Unit officers deployed on May 10, 2018, to provide assistance and technical resources. The statement said the fire was fueled primarily by construction debris.

The USVI responders were identified as Fire Chief Oral Wheatley, Deputy Fire Chief Leonard Fabian, Deputy Fire Chief Antonio Stevens, Fire Marshal Johnny Frontal, Fire Lt. David Hodge, Fire Lt. Keno Walcott, Fire Cpl. Michael Wilkinson, Sgt. Cornel Espirit, Officer Ashlee Hodge and Officer Jaime Serrano.

Official source: https://www.vi.gov/us-virgin-islands-responders-assist-tortola-firefighters-to-control-blaze/