CHRISTIANSTED — The Howard M. Wall Boy Scout Camp was being threatened by a brush fire on Thursday night.
As these dramatic photos show, taken by a Virgin Islands Free Press staffer, the flames were blazing for 20 minutes to a half hour before the Virgin Islands Fire Services arrived on the scene.
According to our timeline, the fire began about 7 p.m. and Fire Services was on the scene one half hour later.
A second phase of local firefighters began arriving on the scene about 7:45 p.m.
Five hours later the flames were still visible miles away on the South Shore of St. Croix after midnight on Thursday.
Firefighters were able to keep the flames away from the boy scout camp and because their trucks couldn’t enter Great Pond, let the fire burn all night there.
Our sturdy photographer netted these photos long before emergency personnel arrived on the scene.
The Howard M. Wall Boy Scout Camp is located at Milford Point Beach on the western edge of Great Pond.
