Cambodia News, Battambang Province: A horrific fire occurred due to negligence, at 7 pm, July 25, 2020, in a sawmill near the residence of the provincial governor in Romchek 5 village, Sangkat Ten, Battambang city.

According to the police, the fire broke out in a wood factory located in the house of the perpetrator, An Chanrath, a 37-year-old man who also sells gasoline. Authorities confirmed that, according to inquiries, the owner of the house caused the fire when he was pumping gasoline into a bottle. The wood factory that caught fire, measuring 10 meters x 15 meters, was reduced to ashes due to the fire caused by the owner.

But what surprised and alarmed the authorities the most was that the fire broke out very close to the villa of the provincial governor.
Authorities said that at the time of the incident, fire trucks intervened thoroughly to completely suppress the effects of the fire, but the wood factory was completely destroyed. Fortunately, it did not spread to nearby homes. (And especially not to the nearby governor's residence.)

Authorities also said that the owner of the house, An Chanrath, had burns on his right hand and was taken to the Battambang Provincial Referral Hospital immediately. Nobody else was injured.

It was concluded that entire incident was caused by negligence, and agreed that officials should take action against unlicensed petrol sellers as they pose a huge risk to the public and themselves.

Everything will be sorted soon,

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Safe as houses.....

Maybe they can stop people selling petrol in Molotov cocktails, and use containers that conform to the Petroleum Spirit Regulations 1982 (SI 1982/630).
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