November 20, 2025
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Arawak Cay vendors still struggling to rebuild after stalls were destroyed by fire last year
NINE months after the Davis administration pledged to stand with Arawak Cay vendors whose stalls were destroyed or damaged by fire, operators say they are still struggling to rebuild and have received none of the promised assistance.
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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