Fire guts Kabale medical office block

Jun 16, 2002

PROPERTY worth sh1b was destroyed when a fire gutted the Kabale district medical office block at Makanga Hill on Tuesday night, reports Darious Magara.

PROPERTY worth sh1b was destroyed when a fire gutted the Kabale district medical office block at Makanga Hill on Tuesday night, reports Darious Magara.The Kabale LC5 chairman, Adison Kakuru and the assistant Chief Administrative Officer, Ken Okiror, led the team that battled the fire, which is reported to have started at 9:30pm.Drugs, medical equipment, computers, bicycles and motorcycles were reduced to ashes. Kakuru’s team prevented the fire from crossing to the treasury block and other neighbouring buildings at the district headquarters.They called for help from the Mbarara-based fire brigade but it did not come. Most of the block was razed down.The district director of medial services, Dr. Justus Katungu, said the fire is suspected to have started from an electrical short circuit in the stores.Ends

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