An insurance executive has described the recent spate of fires, which have cost public and private building owners thousands of tala in damages, as a "wake-up call".Apia Insurance Company (AIC) Assistant Chief Executive Officer, Sarah Pagia told the Samoa Observer in an interview last Friday that.
The pastor of an Apia church, which was partially damaged by fire last month, is relieved their insurance coverage is now paying the rebuilding and associated costs. When the Samoa Observer visited the Apia Harvest Centre Church at Togafu'afu'a on Friday morning, there were carpenters onsite work.
It has been just over a week since the fire crippled and forced the closure of one of Apia’s leading medicine suppliers Maria Pharmacy on Vaea Street. Last Wednesday morning, the blaze burnt Maria’s Mall and impacted neighbouring businesses including Talofa Airways, Maria's Pharmacy Healthcare, a.