Fire affects 40 displaced families in East Darfur
A massive fire broke out in El Neem camp for the displaced in Ed Daein, East Darfur, on Friday afternoon and burned 30 houses and their contents to the ground, along with large amounts of agricultural crops and food. One of the affected, basic school teacher Hussein Abrahbim Abdulah, reported to Radio Dabanga that 40 families in total were damaged by the fire. “They are currently living in the open without food or shelter.” He estimated the financial damage at about SDG 10,000 ($1,743). The teacher demanded from the authorities to plan a road toward and across El Neem camp, “to make the camp more accessible for fire trucks” in case of future large fires. “Humanitarian organisations working in the area should provide the displaced people living in El Neem with information about how to safely make, use, and put out cooking fires, and raise awareness amongst the residents”, Abdulah demanded. He called upon the traders union in the cities to speed up the provision of shelter, food, and relief items to the affected families in the camp. File photo: Hut on fire in Darfur. Related: Fires in West and South Darfur affect more than 40 families (18 February 2014)Fire destroys farmlands, 300 houses in East Darfur camp (31 October 2014)
A massive fire broke out in El Neem camp for the displaced in Ed Daein, East Darfur, on Friday afternoon and burned 30 houses and their contents to the ground, along with large amounts of agricultural crops and food.
One of the affected, basic school teacher Hussein Abrahbim Abdulah, reported to Radio Dabanga that 40 families in total were damaged by the fire. “They are currently living in the open without food or shelter.” He estimated the financial damage at about SDG 10,000 ($1,743).
The teacher demanded from the authorities to plan a road toward and across El Neem camp, “to make the camp more accessible for fire trucks” in case of future large fires.
“Humanitarian organisations working in the area should provide the displaced people living in El Neem with information about how to safely make, use, and put out cooking fires, and raise awareness amongst the residents”, Abdulah demanded.
He called upon the traders union in the cities to speed up the provision of shelter, food, and relief items to the affected families in the camp.
File photo: Hut on fire in Darfur.
Related:
Fires in West and South Darfur affect more than 40 families (18 February 2014)
Fire destroys farmlands, 300 houses in East Darfur camp (31 October 2014)
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