Two separate fires in Sihanoukville, PP claim four lives, injure two

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At least four people were dead and two suffered serious injuries in two blazes yesterday in Sihanoukville and Phnom Penh, police said. The fires also gutted a club and a restaurant. The authorities in Preah Sihanouk province said yesterday a fire which broke out at a disco known as Julie & Anna Tokyo located in Bei village, Bei commune of Sihanoukville claimed two lives and injured one.

Preah Sihanouk Provincial Police chief Major General Chuon Narin said yesterday that the club was destroyed by the blaze. The cause of the fire was a welder working in the club, however, the authorities immediately intervened to stop the fire from spreading to nearby buildings, Maj Gen Narin added.

 

“The cause of the fire was a welder working at the entrance carelessly and inadvertently set alight a sofa causing the blaze,” according to manager Ear Pros. The two dead were identified as Phorn Makara, 36, the welder and Horn Srey Vet, 18, who worked as a waitress at the club. The victims were rushed to a nearby hospital but they succumbed to critical injuries. Meanwhile, another fire occurred yesterday at a restaurant on street 138, Village II, Phsar Depot II commune of Tuol Kork district.

 

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