A fire on Friday night at AquaPure’s pumping facility on Gladstone Road could have far reaching and damaging effects on the contractual negotiations between the water company and its ex-employees vying for their reinstatement, said an officer fro AquaPure yesterday.
According to officials at the Fire and Investigation Unit, investigations are continuing but the fire appears to be “suspicious in nature”. There is evidence that an inflammatory cocktail was thrown through a window of the building.
Maryan McSweeney, a director at AquaPure said that after the very volatile negotiations on Friday evening with the Bahamas Beverage Water Distributors Union (BBWDU), she was called to the scene to find one of the water company’s buildings burning.
“The building is still salvagable, even though the roof was damaged. The plant could possibly be restored in two weeks.”
Source: Paul Turnquest, The Tribune
