November 20, 2025
Firefighters battle a fire at Arawak Cay’s Fish Fry which destroyed several establishments including Goldie’s, Rake and Scrape, Red Snapper and On The Edge on November 16, 2025. Photo: Dante Carrer/Tribune Staff
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Fire damage costs soar 470% to $58.2M
FIRE damage across the Bahamas surged to an estimated $58.2m in 2025, more than four times the losses recorded the year before, as firefighters responded to sharply higher call volumes during a year marked by intense public concern over the country’s limited fire-fighting capacity.
Arawak Cay vendors working from cars as they await approvals
SOME Arawak Cay vendors are working out of their vehicles as they await rebuilding approvals after a fire tore through six stalls last month, according to Arawak Cay Conch, Fish, Vegetable and Food Vendors Association president Rodney Russell.
‘Curly’ says Arawak Cay fire forces vendors and officials to ‘reflect and refocus’ on the future
THE inferno that levelled six Arawak Cay restaurants on Sunday has ripped open long-standing tensions over how the Fish Fry is run, highlighting vendors' frustration with cramped wooden structures, lax oversight, and years of stalled reform.
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