{"id":30054,"date":"2015-10-15T21:37:52","date_gmt":"2015-10-15T21:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=30054"},"modified":"2015-10-15T21:44:46","modified_gmt":"2015-10-15T21:44:46","slug":"fire-at-housing-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=30054","title":{"rendered":"Fire Damages Efficiency Apartment At John F. Kennedy Housing Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ST. CROIX &#8212; The Christiansted branch of the Fire Service confirmed to The Consortium that a structural fire damaged an efficiency apartment at the John F. Kennedy Housing Community at about 1:20 p.m. this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>According to Fire Captain Henry Joseph, the initial report was made by a VIFS lieutenant followed by a notification from 911 emergency call center.<\/p>\n<p>A person who was on the scene while the efficiency apartment was on fire sent The Consortium images of the blaze, along with a video that shows firemen working to contain it.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(function(d, s, id) {  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v2.3\";  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-allowfullscreen=\"1\" data-href=\"\/viconsortium\/videos\/vb.606668529447389\/845610142219892\/?type=3\"><\/div>\n<p>Captain Joseph and his men arrived on the scene at about 1:24 p.m. and contained the blaze 20 minutes later. The fire was completely extinguished about 10-15 minutes later, according to Mr. Joseph. No one was injured during the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Joseph said more details could not be released because the incident was still under investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ST. CROIX &#8212; The Christiansted branch of the Fire Service confirmed to The Consortium that a structural fire damaged an efficiency apartment at the John F. Kennedy Housing Community at about 1:20 p.m. this afternoon. 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