Fire razes more than 40 homes near river

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Kim Sarom and Mech Dara

 

More than 40 houses burned down in a fire in a Daun Penh district slum last night, although Phnom Penh officials reported no injuries or deaths.

 

The fire raged for about two hours in Srah Chak commune on the riverbank of the Tonle Sap, with 29 fire trucks sent to fight the flames.

 

Resident Var Tith, 38, an unemployed scavenger who lives with his wife, said that his home was completely destroyed.

 

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