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Gas cylinder explodes in home near Delta Gas Station

- fire contained by Virgin Islands Fire & Rescue Services officers
October 27th, 2021 | Tags: fire Pasea kitchen fire officers extinguish
A fire that broke out in a 2 storey home in Pasea, near the Delta Gas Station around noon, October 27, 2021, was successfully extinguished by fire officers. Photo: Team of Reporters
Fire officers moved in quickly and were able to contain and subsequently extinguish the fire. Photo: VINO
Fire officers moved in quickly and were able to contain and subsequently extinguish the fire. Photo: VINO
PASEA, Tortola, VI- A fire that broke out in a 2 storey home, in the vicinity of Delta Gas Station in Pasea, Tortola around noon, October 27, 2021, was successfully extinguished by fire officers.

According to reports reaching our newsroom, the fire started in the kitchen of the top floor when a small gas cylinder exploded.

Our newsroom was told the cylinder was being stored beneath the kitchen sink when it exploded.

Fire officers; however, moved in quickly and were able to contain and subsequently extinguish the fire that had started as a result of the explosion.

No one was reportedly hurt.

It is unclear at this time what is the extent of the damages to the interior of the home.

27 Responses to “Gas cylinder explodes in home near Delta Gas Station”

  • one eye (27/10/2021, 13:51) Like (36) Dislike (18) Reply
    That’s a dump site delta should just buy out in there
    • Comment (28/10/2021, 10:51) Like (5) Dislike (0) Reply
      Why does the government allow that area to be residential, why allow an apartment complex to be located in the middle of the highway? Buy the property from the owners!
      • annudda2cents replying to Comment (28/10/2021, 12:12) Like (5) Dislike (0) Reply
        it appears that you may not be living in the BVI that long, or if you were born in the BVI, not old enough to know. Until around 1996, the westward side of the highway was actually the sea, and when the land reclamation took place to facilitate the construction of the dual carriageway, the government of the day decided to enclose the delta/residential area with the land reclamation project. based on what I recall the original delta gas station to look like, and what the residential area looks like, I am willing to bet that the residential area came first, and delta came after. hope that clears this up.
        • @annudda2cents (28/10/2021, 13:24) Like (8) Dislike (1) Reply
          It has, thank you for the history, but isn't it time to move that residential building from the middle of the highway? This all seems dangerous to the occupants, unsanitary, and I have to say absolutely Ghetto!
          • annudda2cents (28/10/2021, 20:08) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
            yes, I agree. but maybe the family cannot afford an alternative. in any event, thank God yesterday's explosion did not result in a worse reality. i cannot begin to imagine what would've happened if the nearby gas tanks at the gas station had caught a flame or even a spark.
  • Crs (27/10/2021, 14:03) Like (26) Dislike (4) Reply
    Always bugs me the way some people haphazardly store their gas cylinders.
  • priest (27/10/2021, 14:32) Like (72) Dislike (3) Reply
    The land is owned by a BV Islander why would they sell it ? Further more they are collecting rent from poor people who can't do better than to live in a dump as you stated. Isn't that what most landlords do? When anyone complain about any issue to be fixed they are told to accept the condition or move out and when the renter do move the landlord are a bit of paint on the walls raise the rent and wait for another less fortunate family to move in then the cycle repeats itself. There is no one to complain too. To you it may look like a dump but it is the only thing that some people could afford. I am glad no one was hurt.
    • @priest (27/10/2021, 14:55) Like (25) Dislike (4) Reply
      It is a dump yes however it is up to the landlord to make sure that the gas cylinders is properly hooked up. A disaster was averted today.
      • @@priest (27/10/2021, 21:28) Like (11) Dislike (0) Reply
        Even if it was a dog house, the landlord that is renting the dog house responsibility is to make sure everything is up to code. So you mean the landlord did not know the gas cylinder was inside the unit?
        • @@priest (28/10/2021, 10:33) Like (4) Dislike (2) Reply
          thay are not up to code, there are 8 people living in that dump and so you now see why the health care system system so overburdened. Why is a 70yr old woman not from here living here with 6 other people in the same unit, why should the BVI pick up the tab to educate 5 children when their parents do not make enough revenue to pay enough taxes to even house themselves properly . Hate me but its the truth
          • Lucifer (28/10/2021, 12:18) Like (6) Dislike (4) Reply
            Yes lets punish the children for their parents' actions. How very Christian. Education is the only route out the poverty cycle for many families. If we cast aside the children they will just grow to repeat the same mistakes as their parents rather than use the education we can provide to better their lot and ultimately reduce burden on the BVI taxpayer.
    • missing the point (28/10/2021, 16:48) Like (3) Dislike (1) Reply
      The point remains, even of the house was there first and owned by a local, etc etc when the area was developed in the current fashion the govt could have offered a generous compensation or another attractive better placed lot of land to the owner and asked them to move. There would have been no loss of property or monies to the local and the area could have been better and more suitably utilized
  • Bumpy (27/10/2021, 14:51) Like (30) Dislike (11) Reply
    That house needs to be demolished and the area cleaned up. It's an eyesore, not to mention it is ungodly to have humans living in that slum. The Government and Health Department could do something.
    • @Bumpy (27/10/2021, 15:58) Like (20) Dislike (4) Reply
      I feel you and I agree with you. Sad thing is, the owner can do better. Yes people need somewhere to live but not paying a arm and a leg to live deplorable. The amount of money the owner is making off those people is more than enough to fix up the property.TYPICAL SLUMLORD. OHHH, by the way, THE OWNER IS LOCAL, NEED I SAY MORE?
    • 616 (27/10/2021, 22:45) Like (3) Dislike (5) Reply
      And where do you expect the people living there to go? Honestly your comment is stupid, insensitive and downright deplorable. Dump or not people live there and it's the responsibility of the landlord to make sure the place is hospitable for people to live there. People like you are a nuisance and just makes living on this hunk of rock unbearable
      • It's Deplorable that... (28/10/2021, 13:41) Like (0) Dislike (1) Reply
        anyone should live in that state, living on the streets is not much different from living in such poor housing conditions. As a matter of fact 'the residents are literally living on the streets and highways'. It's time to find them a proper home and sell that property for commercial accommodations.
  • collect (27/10/2021, 14:58) Like (14) Dislike (2) Reply
    All landlord are the same da** thing, collect your money and does nothing to the apartments, is like you supposed to pay rent and still fixed their damn house.
  • Greg (27/10/2021, 15:20) Like (17) Dislike (0) Reply
    For years I was wondering how people could live there right on the road with all of that noise, smog and dirt being blown in their faces. The land owner really should sell it and build a small suitable house somewhere else, so their tenants don't have to live like that. You should never put a propane tank under your sink, but sit it outside. Very lucky no one was injured because this was scary.
  • Uncle (27/10/2021, 16:10) Like (0) Dislike (9) Reply
    @Bumpy What would you like the Government and the Health Department to do? Relocate the occupants to living quarters more pleasing to your eyes? While the Government rebuilds the entire area like those compounds in Africa. Then move the occupants back into their new compound? Hmmmmmm......
  • W*F (27/10/2021, 16:19) Like (10) Dislike (0) Reply
    You a should never store cooking gas indoors, it is extremely dangerous and illegal.
  • sorry (27/10/2021, 18:21) Like (10) Dislike (0) Reply
    But the whole house look like a fire trap. Just looking at it make you feel like you can’t breathe. At least put a fresh coat of paint on the outside.
  • 616 (27/10/2021, 22:33) Like (0) Dislike (9) Reply
    @one eye
    And where do you expect the people living there to go? Honestly your comment is stupid, insensitive and downright deplorable. Dump or not people live there and it's the responsibility of the landlord to make sure the place is hospitable for people to live there. People like you are a nuisance and just makes living on this hunk of rock unbearable.
  • No good bashers (27/10/2021, 22:42) Like (1) Dislike (12) Reply
    Nuffa y’all on here bashing the aged building don’t realize that it successfully pass through Irma and Maria still intact unlike a lot of y’all ‘new’ house so please shut the hell up. This a free country. You want the man put a fresh coat a paint well go down to the paint shop across the road and buy it. Put your money where your mouth is or shut up. As for those who want buy the owner out because it next to delta… that building was there long before delta!! Let people own their property in peace. You would like a man walk up to you and deman your property just because it don’t look right on you or he could do a better job?! This is a democracy for crying out loud!!!!! Some people don’t think.
    • @no good bashers (28/10/2021, 14:21) Like (0) Dislike (1) Reply
      How can you possibly play the devil's advocate on such issues? The devil will always cause you to see his prospective, even if you and he are the only one in the world in agreement. Very evil/Ghetto mentality!
    • Democracy? (28/10/2021, 22:20) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      How is it a democracy when those tenants have been living on island for 15+ years and still don't have status?
  • Thoughts! (28/10/2021, 11:27) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
    Well done Virgin Islands Fire and Rescue Department. Thank you for averting a potential disaster. Thankful even more so that no one was hurt.
  • SUSS (01/11/2021, 13:29) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Ayu people no easy.in.time like this were people must live.is not everyone can afford big house rent leve the people them alone.some ayu who a bash the people them go see were some ayu.live.ayu dont help just quitize others


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