Huaphan appeals for help after 22 houses gutted by fire
Thirty families in Sonkhuaneua village, Huameuang district, Huaphan province are in need of household equipment, clothes, rice, and construction materials after they lost their homes in a fire on Tuesday.
Head of the district Public Security Office, Lieutenant Colonel Phengsy Malatsomvang, told Vientiane Times that 30 families of 152 people are now homeless and have lost all of their appliances, utensils and many other belongings.
The fire is believed to have been due to an electrical fault, with the resulting damage estimated at almost 2 billion kip.
The buildings that burned down were mostly made of wood. Sonkhuaneua village has 200 houses but 22 were destroyed in the blaze and eight others suffered serious damage.
Phomphong Laoin
