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Fire destroys 33 recycling collectors’ houses
The cause of a fire that destroyed more than 30 houses on Tuesday in a small slum inhabited by recycling collectors, in an area surrounded by new housing developments in southern Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district, will likely be determined today, according to officials. ... ...
Buth Kimsay and Peter Ford
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/fire-destroys-33-recycling-collectors-houses-114770/
Estimated $900k damage after factory blaze
The cost of a blaze that ripped through a backpack factory in Phnom Penh’s Dangkao district last Tuesday amounted to almost $1 million, an administrator at the factory said Monday. ... ...
Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/estimated-900k-damage-after-factory-blaze-67745/
Fire-ravaged factory’s former owner to give workers loans
The former owner of a Phnom Penh garment factory gutted by a fire on Monday has agreed to provide loans to about 900 out-of-work employees until the current owner decides whether and how to pay them due wages and severance. Authorities, meanwhile, said they still did ...
Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/fire-ravaged-factorys-former-owner-to-give-workers-loans-65259/
Fire destroys 22 homes in Meanchey District
A raging fire in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district destroyed 22 homes early Wednesday morning as local villagers struggled to quell the flames and firefighters scrambled to gain access. At about 1 a.m., an electricity line snapped and sparked the fire, Phnom Penh Fire Department bureau chief ...
Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/fire-destroys-22-homes-in-meanchey-district-57866/
