20221226 Fire destroys homes at refugee camp
Thailand Dec 26 2022 “Building” “Houses”
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Fire destroys homes at refugee camp
Updated: 2022-12-26
The remains of 21 wooden, thatch-roofed houses destroyed by a fire at a camp sheltering war refugees from Myanmar at a border village in Sangkhla Buri district, Kanchanaburi province, on Sunday. (Photo: Piyarat Chongcharoen)
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Suthiporn Siwawetpikul, the Sangkhla Buri district chief, said the camp houses about 3,400 Myanmar war refugees and at Ban Ton Yang, the Moo 5 village in tambon Nong Lu.
The fire began about 12.20pm. Twenty-one houses were completely destroyed and 10 others were damaged. Nobody was hurt.
Mr Suthiporn said the fire was believed to have started in a kitchen and quickly spread through the wooden, thatch roofed houses. At the time, most of the refugees were taking part in activities celebrating Christmas.
The Border Consortium, a non-governmental organisation, had been informed so that it could provide assist to the fire-hit refugees.
Sangkhla Buri district officials had arranged for the refugees left homeless by the fire to stay at a school inside the camp. They were provided with food and necessities.
Web Source: Bangkok Post
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