Anarchic constructions of housing in many certain areas make it impossible
for any kind of help to stop such a catastrophic fire. People live like
ants and rodents. Housing and commercial building should be enforced using
proper building zones and codes.
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Hundreds of Cambodian Muslims homeless after fire
Thu, Nov 19, 2009
AFP
(http://news.asiaone.com/print/News/Latest+News/Asia/Story/A1Story20091119-181070.html)
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PHNOM PENH, Nov 19, 2009 (AFP) - Hundreds of ethnic Cham Muslims were made
homeless Thursday by a fire that gutted a crowded neighbourhood in
Cambodia's capital, police said.
The blaze broke out at 7:30 am (0030 GMT) among poorly-built wooden houses
mostly inhabited by members of the Muslim minority, local police chief Som
Bunny said, adding that the cause of the fire was still under
investigation.
"At least 230 houses were completely burned down," he said, adding that
authorities and firefighters took five hours to put out the flames.
There were no reports of injuries or deaths, authorities said.
Although large neighbourhood fires are increasingly rare in Phnom Penh, a
series of suspicious blazes several years ago destroyed a number of slum
areas, forcing tens of thousands to flee.
There are nearly 240,000 Cham Muslims in Cambodia, forming 1.6 percent of
the population in the predominantly Buddhist country, according to a recent
survey by the US-based Pew Research Centre.
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