Thirty-FOUR people have been killed and 72 more injured in fires in the first quarter of this year. These figures represent a three and four times increase over the same period last year, when fires left 10 people dead and 17 injured.
A volunteer firefighter was seriously injured while trying to put out a fire at an electrical equipment warehouse in Tuol Tompuong I commune of the capital’s Chakarmon district on June 9, according to the National Police.