5/1/2025 Nassau Bahamas

[RCL]

A Fire broke out about 1900 several blocks from the cruise port last night. The fire spread thru several residential blogs. Witness reported several booms as the fire jumped from 1 bldg to the next. The Nassau FD, was short handed as several units had been sent to Freeport to battle the brush fires there and had not returned.

Downtown Fire Destroys Buildings Near Nassau Cruise Port in Bahamas

Fire near Nassau cruise port burns Bay Street buildings as thousands of cruise passengers are scheduled to arrive.

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[CFDMarshal]

My last visit to Nassau leads me to believe they were short before they sent resources to Freeport! The straw market burned in the early 90's near the port due to the same circumstances.

 

[RCL]

My last visit to Nassau leads me to believe they were short before they sent resources to Freeport! The straw market burned in the early 90's near the port due to the same circumstances.

I would agree. I was in Nassau one time on a cruise and 1 of their engines went by while we were looking around. Had 2 people on it. Didn't look like they had too much on the rig from what I remember. Not knocking them, just an observation. I don't think they have a governing body for the fire service either. I seem to remember that basically crews showed up and did their own thing.but I could be wrong.