No injuries in fire at seventh-floor terrace
The military’s fire and rescue service on Tuesday afternoon put out a fire that broke out on the seventh-floor terrace of a house in Malé. Three major fire incidents have occurred in the densely packed capital island in 2016.
28 Dec 2016, 9:00 AM
The military’s fire and rescue service on Tuesday afternoon put out a fire that broke out on the seventh-floor terrace of the Sosun Flower house in the Henveiru ward of Malé.
According to the Maldives National Defence Force, the fire was reported at 4:56 pm and firefighters extinguished the flames in less than half an hour.
No one was injured in the fire. The residents of the building did not require temporary shelter as the fire was contained to the vacant terrace.
Preliminary findings suggest that the fire was caused by an electrical short circuit, the MNDF said, after which the flames caught on a pile of wood kept on the terrace.
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