UPDATE: Fern Gully closed
ST ANN, Jamaica – The National Works Agency (NWA) is advising motorists that the main road from Colegate to Hopewell (Fern Gully) in St Ann, is closed to all vehicles with immediate effect.Read: Video: Bus overturns, catches fire in Fern Gully
Its closure is as a result of an oil spill caused by a bus which caught fire while traversing that roadway this morning.
The bus has reportedly been destroyed.
Manager of Communication and Customer Services at the NWA, Stephen Shaw, says that the NWA is mobilising a work crew to respond to the situation, which has affected a large section of the roadway including some drains where the oil spill has begun to enter.
Shaw says the scope of works for reinstatement involves trapping and mopping the oil and washing of the roadway before the area can be considered safe for motorists.
He says reopening of the roadway is therefore not expected for the next 48 hours.
