Phnom Penh House Fire Spreads Like Lightning; Boy and Father Victims of Blaze

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Tue Sep 17, 2019 10:19 pm

Cambodia Breaking News (Phnom Penh): On September 17, 2019, at around noon, there was a fire that burned ten houses and killed two people in Sangkat Chrang Chamras, Khan Reusey Keo, Phnom Penh.

The police went to the scene to put out the fire as soon as they were notified, but the flames spread fast. It was put out completely at 12:45 pm, but because the houses were all built in wood, the fire burnt many buildings before it was totally extinguished.

Tragically, a 13-year-old boy was trapped and burnt to death in the fire, and his father died on the way to the hospital. RIP.
The police haven't determined what caused the fire yet.

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Wed Sep 18, 2019 4:47 pm

UPDATE
Phnom Penh, Cambodia Breaking News: As of the morning of September 18, 2019, the parents of the dead boy are in the emergency ward at Calmette Hospital and have not died yet. However, the father is in a serious condition and it is not known if he will recover.

According to the source, in a Cham neighborhood at Village D, Sangkat Chrang Chamreak II, Russey Keo, along National Road 5, a drug addict asked his father for money to buy drugs, but the man refused. When no one was around, the suspect set a fire while his father and brother were inside the home. The victim's handicapped 13-year-old brother was burned to death and the fire then spread to 11 other houses.
The other houses were evacuated in time. However, the man suspected of starting the fatal blaze has escaped.

fax · Post by **fax** » Wed Sep 18, 2019 5:03 pm

- Cham muslim in Cambodia
- Poverty
- Downs syndrome
- 13 years old
- Burned to death

How fucked up can it get? That innocent little boy did not deserve such a cruel ending to his life. This story hits me right in the feels. May the lowlife drug addicted piece of trash responsible for this tragedy experience the suffering endured by the community around him.

R.I.P. young lad.