Viola Namutebi, a retailer says that she lost property worth Shillings 5 million, which she had acquired through bank loans. Namutebi faults police for arriving late at the fire scene, which deprived them of the available possibilities to rescue part of their property.
Proprietors of
20 kiosks along Kaliro road in Iganga municipality are counting losses
following an early morning fire that gutted their stalls. The fire gutted
merchandise, fridges, electronics and clothing valued at over Shillings 70
million.
Damali Namusobya, a cloth dealer says that the fire started around 7:00 am but
they couldn’t do much to save their merchandise. “The fire began around 7:00 am
when most of us had just arrived for our day’s duties but since it spread to
the neighbouring electric poll, we couldn’t do much to save our shops from being
erased by the fire,” he said.
Viola Namutebi, a retailer says that she lost property worth Shillings 5
million, which she had acquired through bank loans. Namutebi faults
police for arriving late at the fire scene, which deprived them of the available
possibilities to rescue part of their property.
//Cue in: “business yange…
Cue out…mumabanka,”.
Samuel Mukisa, the Iganga Northern division LC V councillor says the first fire
brigade vehicle arrived at the scene without water living well-wishers to
battle the huge fire using water from their jerrycans.
//Cue in: “Omuliro…
Cue out…yaida,”//
The Busoga East police spokesperson, James Mubi says the firefighters
coordinated with the community to ensure that the fire is stopped from
spreading to surrounding areas. Mubi says inquiries are underway to
ascertain the extent of the damage caused by the fire.
