Those driving along the ABC highway, in the vicinity of the Lowlands and Newton junctions, would have found theirs cars literally engulfed in smoke as a cane fire raged just after lunchtime on Wednesday.

Some motorists switched their hazard lights on and attempted to make their way through the smoke which wafted high into the sky and could be seen as far away as the Sir Garfield Sobers roundabout. Others spotted the blaze straight away and turned around taking alternative routes.

Leading Fire Officer, John Bowen, responded to the fire just after lunchtime and spoke of being confronted by a "massive cloud". At around 1:30 pm, he was still on site valiantly fighting the fire at Bannatyne cane field with four fire officers.

Gusty winds ensured that the smoke reached far and wide, and for the fire officers, one of the main challenges of their response was preventing the fire from developing further.

Bowen outlined the tactics employed to delay the spread of the fire, "We're trying to get it under control by counter firing, using back-lighting. This involves lighting some areas first and getting it under control quicker. By lighting it across at different points, it'll burn faster and will come under control quicker."

Residents within the area would undoubtedly have been affected by the billowing clouds of smoke.

Taking them and the residents of surrounding districts into consideration, Bowen noted that radio stations would be contacted to notify members of the public of the blaze with a worse case scenario pointing to an evacuation plan if houses  were indeed threatened.

Bowen advised  that it was difficult to determine how the fire started, since investigations are yet to be carried out to determine the cause.

However, he expressed thoughts that it did not appear to have started naturally. "Fires don't start just like that... very seldom. You'd probably need a magnifying glass to start it."

Source: The Barbados Advocate - March 21, 2008

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