Fires in Malé causes millions in damages
A fire that engulfed an electronic shop in Male’s Maafannu ward this morning spread to a warehouse next door, destroying goods worth millions of rufiyaa.
20 Jan 2016, 9:00 AM
A fire that engulfed an electronic shop in Male’s Maafannu ward this morning spread to a warehouse next door, destroying goods worth millions of rufiyaa.
The fire was reported at the Farivaa Electronics at 4am today. Flames spread to a warehouse, owned by hardware store Target. and was only controlled two hours later. No one was injured, the police said.
The cause of the fire has not been determined yet. But the owners of Farivaa told local media they suspect flames may have ignited in the state electricity company’s distribution board located in front of the store.
Target and Fariva say they lost a combined total of MVR30million (US$1.9million), according to media reports.
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