More Fires
More than 250 acres of canes have been lost from this year's sugar harvest to fire.
Chairman Barbados Sugar Industries Limited, Dr. Atlee Brathwaite, says it will affect the amount of sugar produced for the international market. Barbados was hoping to produce 30 thousand tonnes of sugar.
The sugar cane harvest period is normally a sweet one for both planters and reapers....but this year they've had to deal with a major pest......THE FIREBUG.
From St. Philip to St. Lucy large areas of land have been scorched by fire. Which will also affect next year's yields. Chairman Barbados Sugar Industries Limited, Dr. Atlee Brathwaite says there's also concern about the fires creating a pest problem. Fire officials were kept busy Wednesday across the country battling cane fires.
A major fire at the Belle in the afternoon destroyed several more acres of canes. The smoke affected visibility and created problems for motorists on the ABC Highway. The fire service was also forced to close the road into Waterford Bottom and there were concerns that it would affect students at the nearby Combermere School. But this did not occur.
Fire officials are still investigating the cause of these fires. And addressing the senate in the afternoon, agriculture minister Senator Haynesley Benn expressed shock at the number of fires and the acreage of canes that have been burnt.
Meanwhile MP for the City Patrick Todd, is appealing to business places to assist the victims of the latest house fire. The home between Ninth and Tenth Avenues, New Orleans, was completely destroyed by fire. Sisters Maureen and Marcia Goodman and six children, all of school age, have been displaced.
Mr. Todd says while all the relevant agencies have been brought in, the family has some immediate needs and business places can also support the fire service in relation to fire prevention.
Whilst the Upper House was discussing the spate of fires, firemen were on call late in the afternoon fighting a house fire at Wildey main road. The one roof building which is situated behind a shop was gutted and the roof of a nearby business place was slightly damaged.
Two tenders and eight officers fought that blaze.
Source: www.cbc.bb
Chairman Barbados Sugar Industries Limited, Dr. Atlee Brathwaite, says it will affect the amount of sugar produced for the international market. Barbados was hoping to produce 30 thousand tonnes of sugar.
The sugar cane harvest period is normally a sweet one for both planters and reapers....but this year they've had to deal with a major pest......THE FIREBUG.
From St. Philip to St. Lucy large areas of land have been scorched by fire. Which will also affect next year's yields. Chairman Barbados Sugar Industries Limited, Dr. Atlee Brathwaite says there's also concern about the fires creating a pest problem. Fire officials were kept busy Wednesday across the country battling cane fires.
A major fire at the Belle in the afternoon destroyed several more acres of canes. The smoke affected visibility and created problems for motorists on the ABC Highway. The fire service was also forced to close the road into Waterford Bottom and there were concerns that it would affect students at the nearby Combermere School. But this did not occur.
Fire officials are still investigating the cause of these fires. And addressing the senate in the afternoon, agriculture minister Senator Haynesley Benn expressed shock at the number of fires and the acreage of canes that have been burnt.
Meanwhile MP for the City Patrick Todd, is appealing to business places to assist the victims of the latest house fire. The home between Ninth and Tenth Avenues, New Orleans, was completely destroyed by fire. Sisters Maureen and Marcia Goodman and six children, all of school age, have been displaced.
Mr. Todd says while all the relevant agencies have been brought in, the family has some immediate needs and business places can also support the fire service in relation to fire prevention.
Whilst the Upper House was discussing the spate of fires, firemen were on call late in the afternoon fighting a house fire at Wildey main road. The one roof building which is situated behind a shop was gutted and the roof of a nearby business place was slightly damaged.
Two tenders and eight officers fought that blaze.
Source: www.cbc.bb
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