A house was gutted by fire yesterday May 6th between morning and midday, at Woodland, Route 40 West, Spanish Lookout. Although the posts and floor are still standing, the walls and roof are partially collapsed. The building housed the facilities of Shining Star Clinic, an innovative healthcare unit focused on organic and natural healing which lived up to its name during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. Spanish Lookout's two fire trucks as well as other tanker trucks were on the scene. Fortunately staff and patients were safely evacuated.
Mennonite businessmen from Orange Walk were the victims of an armed assault in BlackMan Eddy Village, near Spanish Lookout by the Iguana Creek junction. According to a report the Mennonites stopped to refuel their vehicle during which time unkown men approached them and demanded money. One of the victims attempted to flee but was injured from shots fired at him by one of the robbers. He then complied and handed over a bag of money containing several thousand dollars. The robbers then escaped.


