Wild Coyote Bar no more (Fire)

[gmalet]

Fire Dept in Sosua??? I think they need one.


YouTube- brandweer komt op de motoconcho.mp4

[Jimmydr]

There is a fire dept in Sosua.

[ROVER]

NOW WAIT A MINUTE !!!!!

????? YOUR FRIENDLY CORNER SOSUA MOTOCONCHO DRIVER ALSO DOUBLES AS YOUR FIREMAN ??????????? :o

From Sosua news

2 February 2010

Fire department travels to fire on a motorbike

Last Friday night, around 2am, a fire broke out in the recently opened restaurant known as the 'Wild Coyote Cocktail bar' in Calle Pedro Clisante, which was completely destroyed. The restaurant was furnished in a lovely Caribbean style, and was an excellent addition to Sosúa's nightlife. But because the restaurant was mostly constructed of wood, with the roof made of leaves, the fire quickly took hold.

http://www.sosuanews.com/news_pictures/2010/02/02-02_fire_1.jpg (http://www.sosuanews.com/news_pictures/2010/02/02-02_fire_1.jpg) Wild Coyote Cocktail bar


Everything was engulfed in flames within a few minutes, and the huge flames rose up to a height well above the roof.
Everyone waited for Sosúa's fire department to arrive. When the firemen finally showed up it was on a motorbike! The firemen took one look at the fire and said that the town's fire truck was still in Santiago awaiting repair, so there was nothing they could do. Luckily it began to rain at that point, so the fire didn't get the chance to also destroy the neighbouring houses.
´ About an hour later the fire truck from the airport showed up, but this was much too late to prevent the restaurant from being ruined. People also tried to phone the fire department in Gaspar Hernández, but there was no reply, although the commander of the fire department there had agreed to help out whenever there was a fire in Sosúa.








Here is a link to the carnage that was posted on YouTube
It looked pretty bad.
Thank God it rained.


YouTube- brandweer komt op de motoconcho.mp4







You just can't make this stuff up :corky:



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[MrHappy]

It was a stupid story, put up on a Sosua wannabe news site.

There's only one firetruck, it was fixed in Santiago, and there's no money to get it out of the shop.

The guys from the fire dept. showed up to explain that to the owner. It's not like the fire department was responding to the fire to put it out.

[gmalet]

Yes they have 1 truck that was getting repaired since last year.

[Kevy]

Basically the same topic, so I merged them.

[brovo35]

Wasn't there a story last year concerning a mini scandal involving Washington DC "donating" a firetruck or two to Sosua?

[gmalet]

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/Role-of-mayor_s-crony-in-D_C_-policy-questioned-83081572.html