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"This ruin at 4a Somerset Avenue, Kingston 16, recently housed a dry-cleaning establishment, a tailor shop and a four bedroom house. But all was totally destroyed by fire on Monday. The ex-occupants of the house reported that at about 3:30 a.m. on…

"PUTTING OUT THE CINDERS - A fireman putting out the cinders at the corner of Spanish Town Road and West Road last night. This was one of two fires which occurred in the city yesterday,"

"Firemen yesterday morning fighting a blaze in a building on Dunrobin Avenue which houses a garment factory. The early morning fire gutted the building, and was eventually put out by men and units from the Half Way Tree Fire Brigade."

"Frustrated firemen had to rely solely on water from their trucks as the mains supplied 'only a trickle'."

"The fire brigade has been making frequent visits to the garbage dump on the Causeway. They have been putting out fires fuelled by garbage, and which give off thick smoke, creating smoke, creating problems for users of the already dangerous road."

"SPANISH TOWN ROAD FIRE: Curious spectators take an inside look at the remains of the bar and restaurant operated by Bernard McIntosh after it was extensively damaged by fire yesterday morning. Another apartment which housed a syrup factory operated…

"What was left of these buildings along New North Street in Fletchers Land Monday evening. Seven premises were affected by the fire said to have been started by arsonists."

"ALL THAT'S LEFT: The burnt out building and some twisted remains of the stock of one of two furniture stores at a building at 130 Princess Street in Kingston early Tuesday morning. The damage was estimated at some $50,000 and police suspect burglars…

"BOMBED OUT: Firemen putting out the last of the flames that gutted this building at 9 Ripon Road, Kingston, on Wednesday night. It is reported that at about 10:30 pm, four men travelling in a car threw gas bombs at the building owned by Warren…

Country road in Jamaica surrounded by trees.