By ALISON LOWE

Tribune Staff Reporter

alowe@tribunemedia.net

LOUD explosions rocked mainland Abaco on Friday night when a bush fire spread to the Bahamas Electricity Corporation's Marsh Harbour power plant compound, setting alight drums filled with used oil and posing a threat to the islands' power supply.

The power station blaze came after days of wild fires raging in pine forests on the mainland tested the island's six volunteer fire services' resolve, bringing together the efforts of an estimated 20 to 30 volunteer firefighters and eight fire trucks from throughout the island.

"A lot of the firefighters worked around the clock. Some of them got only about two hours sleep ...

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