Narinjara News
Maungdaw: A fire gutted 16 shops on Friday in a market located on the outskirts of Maungdaw, a western Burmese border town, and properties worth over 10 million kyat were lost in the fire, reports a police officer from the town.
The fire broke out in a shop owned by U Ari at Ba Gon Na market at 10:30 pm on 28 March.
A witness said the fire burned for nearly two hours because the local people were unable to extinguish it quickly for lack of proper equipment. Nasaka forces eventually managed to put out the devastating blaze with the help of locals around 12:30 pm.
On shop owner said the fire originated from U Ari's shop at the market, but there was no emergency plan in place to deal with fires if they broke out at the market. Now cash and valuables worth over 10 million kyat have been destroyed by the fire.
The owner of the shop where the blaze originated is currently hiding in an unknown location out fear that the authorities will arrest him and charge him for the fire.
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