{"id":36825,"date":"2013-06-25T09:45:57","date_gmt":"2013-06-25T13:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=36825"},"modified":"2013-06-25T09:45:57","modified_gmt":"2013-06-25T13:45:57","slug":"fire-sends-smoke-across-nassau-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2013\/06\/fire-sends-smoke-across-nassau-video","title":{"rendered":"Fire Sends Smoke Across Nassau (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Residents of Solider Road watched helplessly as an ‘inferno’ tore through Strachan’s Auto, sending clouds of black-gray smoke billowing across New Providence.<\/p>\n

Some homeowners took to their roofs and attempted to extinguish parts of the fire with garden hoses as the flames seemed to get closer and closer to their backyards.<\/p>\n

Police, fire services and the National Emergency Management Agency have been working tirelessly to bring the blaze under control.
\nSmoke clouds could be seen for miles across New Providence.<\/p>\n

According to police, five fire trucks battled the flames which were fueled by hundreds of scrap cars in the auto shop’s junk yard, and threatened several nearby homes.<\/p>\n

Residents claim that the scrap yard has been there for more than a decade, housing up to 600 cars, and has caught fire before.<\/p>\n

Garden Hills MP and Speaker of the House Kendal Major was at the scene and quickly dubbed the fire an \u2018inferno.\u2019<\/p>\n

As he looked on at the blaze, he stated: “This is very, very serious.”<\/p>\n

He expressed immediate concern for the residents of the surrounding area whose homes were in a potential danger zone.<\/p>\n

“I’m very concerned because the winds are high,” he said, explaining the winds could potentially spread the raging flames to the surrounding homes.<\/p>\n