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Morning blaze

| Publication date 25 August 2008 | 05:03 ICT

Morning blaze

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HENG CHIVOAN

Firefighters battle with a fire that destroyed five flats in Phnom Penh’s Daun Penh district early Sunday. The fire raged for approximately one hour and did an estimated US$150,000 worth of damage, said Um Chantha, deputy director of the capital’s Fire Department. He added that no one was hurt in the fire, which was caused by faulty electrical wiring.

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