There was a fire last night at Price Barracks.
It happened just before midnight when a fire broke out in one of the oldest living quarters. How old? Well, it was built in the 1970's.
The blaze sent the soldiers scrambling to control it before it could spread to the other buildings.
They did and no one was injured, but the damages are in the thousands of dollars.
Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Velasquez gave us more details today.
Lt Col Anthony Velasquez, Deputy Commander, BDF
"It occurred on the base at 11 Pm last night approximately. It took about 45 mins to get the fire under control and out with the assistance of the Ladyville fire service."
"The cause of the fire is under investigation. Today the fire device investigation team came and they are doing their investigation analysis. However the fire occurred in the area of the senior non commissioned officers barracks and specifically it started in the area of the room occupied by the fourth sergeant major who is the senior illicit person in the BDF. No one was injured, no one was present at the time in the building, however this particular building was damaged by a hurricane last year so it has various damages. What we suspect it might be an electrical fire, but however the results of the investigation will determine that."
"The total well the building is like I mentioned was already damaged before. So the total loss would have been like about 30k."
"It compounds the issue that we have at this time, however we were fortunate enough to receive two new brand barrack rooms just a few weeks ago and so we are presently at price barracks the issue of accommodation has been mitigated. However for the particular two persons who were affected by the fire we will find other accommodations for them so it was only two people affected by the fire."
