Bridgetown.
House fires have dropped by 34 percent, Chief Fire Officer Wilfred Marshall told Trakker News, there were 73 fires at the end of September this year compared with 110 at the corresponding period in 2010.
Marshall said that half of those fires resulted in complete destruction.
"It is a significant drop and comes against a background of 2010 when there was a drop in house fires in the first half of the year", Marshall said.
"We are pleased with the figures this year, which are among the lowest in recent years. In 2009, there were just 64 at the same period, but this would this would be among the lowest over the last decade. Much credit has to go to our fire prevention unit for getting the me
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