NIA seeks Federal Government’s assistance with outside investigators for Treasury Building fire
![Premier of Nevis Hon. Vance Amory](https://nia.gov.kn/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Amory re help 1_20-1-2014.jpg)
Premier of Nevis Hon. Vance Amory
NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (January 20, 2014) — Premier of Nevis Hon. Vance Amory said he was hopeful that the Federal Government would heed the call of the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) for outside assistance with the investigation of the cause of the early morning fire on January 17, 2014, which gutted the Treasury Building in Charlestown and cited it would lay to rest any speculation.
Mr. Amory’s comment came in an interview with the Department of Information on January 20, 2014, after he led a delegation of Cabinet colleagues on a tour of the Nevis Corporative Credit Union’s Ingle Blackett Building Business Complex for relocation of the displaced offices.
![The Treasury Building in Nevis on fire in the wee hours of January 17, 2014](https://nia.gov.kn/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/treasury%20building%20on%20fire%202_20-1-2014.jpg)
“We need to have some expert investigation to assure us of the cause so that we can lay to rest any speculation and it is my hope, that we will have that request honoured to have assistance to do the investigation and to have that as quickly as possible,” he said.
The Premier stated, that the fire, was one of the most disruptive events in Nevis, which was not storm-related, since it not only destroyed a substantial building, the equipment there and almost 100 percent of its paper records.
![The aftermath of the fire, water and smoke damaged Treasury Building in Charlestown by an early morning fire on January 17, 2014](https://nia.gov.kn/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/treasury%20building%203_20-1-2014.jpg)
In conclusion, Mr. Amory asked for the patience of the public on Nevis and asked them to recognise that the Administration was doing and would do all it could to ensure the provision of services as soon as possible.