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12.11.2012. A fire broke out
yesterday in the Shousha refugee camp in southeastern Tunisia, burning two
tents belonging to Somali families.
According to Dario
Cardinali, a UNHCR public relations officer in the southeastern town of Zarzis,
a resident’s cigarette butt started the fire, which led a gas cooker in the
first tent to explode. The fire then spread to a neighboring tent before it was
extinguished. Two refugees were harmed in the accident and later admitted to
the hospital.
Cardinali explained
that residents of the camp are warned against smoking in the immediate proximity
of the tents. He said that in October the kitchens that used to serve food to
all of the camp’s residents were closed and each family is now provided with a
gas cooker to do their own cooking. He assured that the affected refugees will
be given new tents.
