Three people were killed recently two others were injured by a fire in the market at Majok Yithiou in Aweil East County, police have reported.
The head of police in Aweil East County Matem Lual Matem said, “The burning of Majok Yithiou has cause three people dead while the other two people are now admitted in the hospital at Malualkon Primary Health Care Center.”
He said that only part of the market was destroyed and not the whole market.
Authorities have not yet established the cause of the fire in the market but blamed it on the lack of space between shops. Matem suggested that the survey department team should visit the area to properly mark boundaries between shops.
File photo: A fire at Yida refugee camp, South Sudan, March 2014 (Radio Tamazuj)