{"id":23227,"date":"2019-01-08T18:19:38","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T22:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=23227"},"modified":"2019-01-08T18:19:40","modified_gmt":"2019-01-08T22:19:40","slug":"fires-saw-an-increase-in-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/fires-saw-an-increase-in-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Fires Saw An Increase In 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bush fires nearly doubled in 2018 as compared to the same period in 2017, statistics released by the police show.<\/p>

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There were 84 bush fires reported in 2017 and 159 in 2018 and increase of 75.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All other categories of fires also saw increases last year.<\/p>

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House fires went from 45 in 2017 to 60 in 2018.<\/p>

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There were six more vehicle fires reported to the authorities in 2018 as the figure moved from 34 to 40.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other fires accounted for 288 in 2018 as compared to 282 in 2017.<\/p>

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Overall, firefighters responded to 102 more calls in 2018 over 2017.<\/p>\n

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