The National Fire Authority (NFA) is concerned in relation to the amount of time taken by the public to lodge in fire reports.

This is after an average of eighteen fires were reported this month alone, which according to the Authority only shows the number of house fire reports alone not including small rubbish fires or even road accident fires.

Corporate Affairs Officer for the NFA Mileta Ting said the classic example was the fire in Nadawa yesterday where residents called in the fire at 2.21pm with fire fighters arriving at 2.25pm, though they were only able to save neighboring houses.

With only seventeen fire stations around the country, two in Taveuni, one in Levuka, three in Vanua Levu, eleven in Viti Levu and one in the process of being built on Denarau Island, Ting added that it only takes one minute for the firemen to get ready and if people are able to call quickly then they would be able to save more houses.

Ting revealed that at the moment, they have only one fire investigator who works with the Police Forensics Team and they are trying to gather all data so that the public will be able to see how many fires have destroyed businesses and homes so far this year.

The estimated damage of the fire in Nadawa is around $35 000, however, no one was injured.