Eleuthera – On Valentine’s Day, a young couple and their infant child lost their home to a fire in Wemyss Bight but escaped without injury.  “We got the call that afternoon,” said SEEP (South Eleuthera Emergency Partners) volunteer Ian Carey, who operates out of the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) in Tarpum Bay – a 30-minute drive away.

#“We gathered up our volunteer firemen and headed to the scene. When we arrived, the wooden building was fully engulfed in flames. A half hour to 45 minute response time is a long one with a raging fire.”  Neighbours had tried to extinguish the fire with garden hoses without success due, in part due to the low water pressure in the area.

Click here to read more at The Tribune