Two hospitalised in Male’ residential fire
26 May 2011, 1:34 PM
Neil Merrett
Two people were hospitalised as a blaze destroyed the G. Saalimeege residential building in the centre of Male’ this morning .
Police confirmed that no fatalities had been recorded.
Police Sub-Inspector Ahmed Shiyam told Minivan News that the fire, which was believed to have started around 9:30am this morning, was now under control and an investigations had been launched to determine its probable cause.
A number of roads surrounding the blaze were closed off by police and members of the Maldives National Defense Force (MNDF). Minivan News observed that thick clouds of smoke emanating from the fire were still visible around the nearby Majlis building late in the morning.
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