Huge Fire Engulfs Kep Market : 121 Shops Destroyed

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Wed Jul 21, 2021 3:23 am

Cambodia News (Kep Province): According to Kep police, on July 19, 2021, in Our Krosar village, Sangkat Our Krosar, Kep city, at 6:00 pm, after the sellers had all closed up the shops and the market, a fire erupted, engulfing more than 120 shops in the Sessor Market in Kep city.

40 firefighter trucks were used by the authorities to put out the fire successfully, but 121 shops were destroyed. For the moment, it is believed that the fire broke out due to a faulty electrical circuit in a market shop.

Ghostwriter · Post by **Ghostwriter** » Wed Jul 21, 2021 11:32 pm

CEOCambodiaNews wrote: ↑Wed Jul 21, 2021 3:23 am 40 firefighter trucks were used by the authorities to put out the fire successfully,

That's a lot of trucks for Kep... All from the surroundings, or did they have to call from far away areas ?

Ozinasia · Post by **Ozinasia** » Wed Jul 21, 2021 11:46 pm

Damn .. a lot of livelihood lost there at the worst possible time .. very sad but at least no lives lost .

Kammekor · Post by **Kammekor** » Thu Jul 22, 2021 12:15 am

Glad this never happened before so they can learn from this occasion and prevent it from happening again.

xandreu · Post by **xandreu** » Thu Jul 22, 2021 1:06 am

As per usual, faulty electrical wiring.

Almost every fire (of which Cambodia has far more than it's fair share) appears to be down to some kind of electrical fault.

Be careful in your homes everyone. If you live in an apartment block, keep those windows open and get out as soon as you smell the faintest of smoke.

You only have to look at the haphazard way cables are strung down and across roads to see the attitude they have to cable management - granted, a lot of those cables are telephone / internet, but it's still fair to say that health and safety, when it comes to electrical installations, is about as high on the list as salad would be on an average American shopping list.

Terrible loss of livelihood but thankfully, as as I can tell, no loss of life.

phuketrichard · Post by **phuketrichard** » Thu Jul 22, 2021 7:11 am

Up the road from us.
There is a behind the scene story about background of this.
2 points, they say " believed to have started" and after the market was closed, so nobody injured

one_dolla · Post by **one_dolla** » Thu Jul 22, 2021 8:37 am

Ghostwriter wrote: ↑Wed Jul 21, 2021 11:32 pm
CEOCambodiaNews wrote: ↑Wed Jul 21, 2021 3:23 am 40 firefighter trucks were used by the authorities to put out the fire successfully,
That's a lot of trucks for Kep... All from the surroundings, or did they have to call from far away areas ?

there are usually 3 or 4 fire trucks parked just off the main road in Kep next to the biggest police station....thats just over the road from the road down the the ferry jetty if my early morning memory is correct

Bitte_Kein_Lexus · Post by **Bitte_Kein_Lexus** » Thu Jul 22, 2021 8:43 am

Just in time for a new "development" plan... Actually I doubt it. That market has been a staple for 70+ years. I hate Kept though. Public property being "rented out" all the time. Has always annoyed me.

mannanman · Post by **mannanman** » Thu Jul 22, 2021 8:59 am

Bitte_Kein_Lexus wrote: ↑Thu Jul 22, 2021 8:43 am Just in time for a new "development" plan... Actually I doubt it. That market has been a staple for 70+ years. I hate Kept though. Public property being "rented out" all the time. Has always annoyed me.

Why would that make you hate a town?

BillDoe · Post by **BillDoe** » Thu Jul 22, 2021 9:03 am

mannanman wrote: ↑Thu Jul 22, 2021 8:59 am
Bitte_Kein_Lexus wrote: ↑Thu Jul 22, 2021 8:43 am Just in time for a new "development" plan... Actually I doubt it. That market has been a staple for 70+ years. I hate Kept though. Public property being "rented out" all the time. Has always annoyed me.
Why would that make you hate a town?

Right? Surely he's confusing kep with kampot

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