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Hell in the hills

Published:Thursday | May 14, 2015 | 12:00 AM
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Ricardo Makyn
A fire brigade official observes, from the safety of the Mavis Bank main road.
Ian Allen
This man tries to prevent the fire from destroying his banana trees by saturating them with water.
Ricardo Makyn
The wind fans the flames, sending the fire close to the Mavis Bank main road.
Ricardo Makyn
Fire laps everything in its path, reaching the roadside in Guava Ridge on the Mavis Bank main road in St Andrew.
Ricardo Makyn
Employing a different technology.
Ian Allen
Fire consumes trees as it heads towards a building in the background, in Gordon Castle, Llandewey, St Thomas.
Ian Allen
These youngsters stand ready with buckets of water to douse the bush fire that has been raging in St Thomas for more than a week.
Ian Allen
Residents discuss the destruction in western St Thomas.
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FOR MORE than a week, fire has been raging in the hills surrounding Gordon Castle, Llandewey, St Thomas, and Mavis Bank in rural St Andrew, destroying crops and killing animals in its path. Here are scenes from the devastation.