And from Maskall to Benque, a police truck burst into flames this weekend and the department is trying to figure out what went wrong.
According to ASP Yearwood, it started with a noise and ended in an explosion that, fortunately, didn't injure any one. He explained today that they are looking into the cause of the fire:
ASP Fitzroy Yearwood, Communications Director, Belize Police Department
"On Monday the 20th June, 2022 at 1:40 a.m., while PC Zacario Cus and Luis Carado left their station in a red police Wingle pickup bearing license plate number 3392. They were driving when the driver heard a loud bang. He said that he immediately stopped the vehicle where he exited and he was somewhere on Said Musa Street. He said that when he popped the hood, no fire was seen so he got back in the vehicle. When they got back in the vehicle, he saw fire coming from somewhere around the glove compartment. He is saying that they then exited the vehicle in a little time because the vehicle then exploded and landed on a wooden structure not too far from the street. At the end, by the time that the fire department showed up and extinguished the fire, two of our police issued Smith and Wesson firearms were destroyed by fire, one bearing serial number 0447 and the other BV0025. The frames of those firearms that were burnt, were found in that vehicle, so we can confirm that yes, they did burn in the fire. We have a motor vehicle inspector that will check the vehicle today and ofcourse the fire department are doing their investigation also simultaneously, because we know that these Wingles are old vehicles, we have them for quite some time and it might at this moment it might want to seem that it is something electrical. So, I will have to get back to you with that."
