There was a fire at a barrack building at Up Park Camp, the headquarters of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), in St Andrew this afternoon. In a statement, the JDF said the fire occurred at approximately 2:30 p.m. The JDF said its fire unit and the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) responded swiftly and worked collaboratively to contain the blaze, which it said was extinguished at approximately 3:30 p.m. The army said cool-down operations are ongoing. The JDF said the cause of the fire remains undetermined.