By Hou Akot Hou<\/p>\n
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Over 100 shops were destroyed in a fire that ripped through Udhum Payam market in Aweil West County, Northern Bahr el Ghazal State on Tuesday.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The blaze, which reportedly began in a restaurant, quickly spread, engulfing homes and businesses in the vicinity, leaving residents and business owners devastated.<\/p>\n Local residents attempted to extinguish the flames, but their efforts were in vain and the fire had already caused significant damage.<\/p>\n Inspector of Police in the area, Col. Atak Wol Kiir, confirmed the incident, stating that the fire originated in a restaurant kitchen and rapidly spread to surrounding structures.<\/p>\n He reported that over 100 shops were destroyed.<\/p>\n “The fire erupted suddenly in one of the restaurants,” Col. Kiir said via phone from the scene. “As I speak, the market is still smoldering, and heavy smoke hangs over the area.”<\/p>\n “The cause of the fire is unclear, but we are actively investigating to identify any potential culprits responsible for these losses,” he added.<\/p>\n Mr. Kiir also mentioned ongoing efforts to determine the exact cause of the blaze.<\/p>\n He attributed similar incidents in the past to carelessness from cooks and children unaware of fire hazards.<\/p>\n This fire comes just one month after another blaze destroyed several shops in Maper-Akot-aru Market in Aweil Town, causing significant financial losses and leaving one individual with burn injuries.<\/p>\n The incident sparked anger among business owners due to the extensive damage sustained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Hou Akot Hou Over 100 shops were destroyed in a fire that ripped through Udhum Payam market in Aweil West County, Northern Bahr el Ghazal State on Tuesday. The blaze, which reportedly began in a restaurant, quickly spread, engulfing homes and businesses in the vicinity, leaving residents and[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21693,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79,111],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-northern-bahr-el-ghazal"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Udhum-Payam-market-raging-fire-Photo-Supplied.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21692"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21694,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21692\/revisions\/21694"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}