Fire Destroys 8 Motorcycles at Police Station

Police in southern Belize are investigating a fire that broke out late Tuesday morning at the Independence police compound, destroying eight motorcycles. According to Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Stacy Smith, the blaze started around 10:30 a.m. on the eastern side of the compound, which houses the ISF station.

“Police officers in the Southern Regional Formation were alerted to a fire that was ongoing on the eastern side of that compound,” ASP Smith said. “The police officers observed that there was a high tension wire that became undone and this resulted in a fire.”

Smith explained that the fire engulfed approximately eight motorcycles that had been stored at the location. “The motorcycles were not the motorcycles that were being used by the police officers,” she clarified. “They were actually properties that were in possession of the police as a consequence of abandoned property or property whose owner cannot be identified.”

Due to the involvement of a high-tension wire, firefighters had to wait for Belize Electricity Limited (BEL) personnel to arrive before they could fully respond to the scene.

“The fire was subsequently contained and the extent of the damages [was] limited to the said eight motorcycles. The property, the building, was not affected by the fire.”