2017 Lusaka City market fire: Difference between revisions

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==The accident==
==The accident==
It is unclear how the fire started but preliminary reports indicate that the fire began around 02:00.<ref>{{cite news|title=BREAKING NEWS!!! Lusaka City Market On Fire (PICTURES) |url= http://www.zambianobserver.com/breaking-news-lusaka-city-market-on-fire/ |work= Herald.co.zw |location=zambianobserver.com |date=4 July 2017|accessdate=2017-07-04}}</ref>  
It is unclear how the fire started and it is also unclear what time it started so reported it stared around 02:00<ref>{{cite news|title=BREAKING NEWS!!! Lusaka City Market On Fire (PICTURES) |url= http://www.zambianobserver.com/breaking-news-lusaka-city-market-on-fire/ |work= Herald.co.zw |location=zambianobserver.com |date=4 July 2017|accessdate=2017-07-04}}</ref> While a police reported that the fire started aroound 05:20 hours from one of the shops on the southern part of the market in the area called Dark yellow shops, an area where stationery and mobile phones are sold. Early Tuesday morning the Market was found engulfed in fire as shop owners cried helplessly while watching thier property being burn to ashes. The [[Lusaka City fire fighters]] were first on the ground trying to save the market.
Early Tuesday morning the Market was found engulfed in fire as shop owners cried helplessly while watching thier property being burn to ashes. The [[Lusaka City fire fighters]] were first on the ground trying to save the market.


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