Fires of houses, schools in Abu Shouk and Kubum camps

27/04/2011 09:25

Three people were injured and 27 houses were burnt in a huge fire in Kubum town of South Darfur. A citizen from Kubum told Radio Dabanga that fire caused financial and property losses that could be worth 10 thousand pounds. He appealed to the authorities in Nyala to provide a fire brigade to the city and appealed to the district to provide homes to the families that were affected by the fire.

Three people were injured and 27 houses were burnt in a huge fire in Kubum town of South Darfur. A citizen from Kubum told Radio Dabanga that fire caused financial and property losses that could be worth 10 thousand pounds. He appealed to the authorities in Nyala to provide a fire brigade to the city and appealed to the district to provide homes to the families that were affected by the fire. Near El Fasher, another fire on Monday completely consumed Elsalam 6 Primary School in Abu Shouk camp for displaced people. It also burnt down the malnutrition center run by MSF. Witnesses said that the fire, which started at two and a half in the afternoon, lasted for several hours due to the lack of a fire truck and destroyed the school completely and the rehab center for malnutrition. The source verified that around 16 patients in the center were saved and transferred to Elfasher Teaching Hospital for treatment and that some suffered from suffocation due to the fire.