Fire destroys 36 houses in West Darfur camp

16/03/2014 12:27

An extensive fire that broke out in Bir Dageeg camp for the displaced in Sirba locality, West Darfur, on Friday burned 36 houses to ashes. “Block 13 of the camp was entirely devestated. Thirty-six thatched huts and their contents, nine sun shelters, and a flour mill were completely destroyed. An amount of SDG18,000 ($3,150), 80 large sacks of sorghum, 28 beds, and 24 sitting chairs were lost,” the spokesman for the Sirba camps told Radio Dabanga. “200 people are now living in the open, without shelter or food.” File photo Related:Fire in Islamic Centre destroys 13 houses in South Darfur (25 February 2014)Fire devastates 2,000 South Darfur families (10 February 2014)Militiamen shoot displaced man, fire breaks out in South Darfur camps (7 February 2014)

An extensive fire that broke out in Bir Dageeg camp for the displaced in Sirba locality, West Darfur, on Friday burned 36 houses to ashes.

“Block 13 of the camp was entirely devestated. Thirty-six thatched huts and their contents, nine sun shelters, and a flour mill were completely destroyed. An amount of SDG18,000 ($3,150), 80 large sacks of sorghum, 28 beds, and 24 sitting chairs were lost,” the spokesman for the Sirba camps told Radio Dabanga. “200 people are now living in the open, without shelter or food.”

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Fire in Islamic Centre destroys 13 houses in South Darfur (25 February 2014)

Fire devastates 2,000 South Darfur families (10 February 2014)

Militiamen shoot displaced man, fire breaks out in South Darfur camps (7 February 2014)