FIRE RAVAGES RAW MATERIALS STORE IN CAPITAL

SANA'A, June 05 (Saba) - Firefighters brought under control Friday a
major fire that ravaged a plastic raw materials store in Yemen's
capital of Sana'a. No casualties were reported and other losses were
estimated at YR 60 million.

The cause of the fire has not been clear yet.

However, the owner of the store who also owns a shoe factory told
police that he received days ago a telephone call from a shopkeeper
in the area telling him that cleanliness workers had stolen some
materials from the store, according to some media outlets.

Jalal Muhammad Al-Marmadi also told police that the shopkeeper had
warned him they should not be blamed if something bad happened to
the store.

Al-Marmadi did not hire someone to guard the materials he had
planned to use at his factory, according to police.

Eight fire trucks were dispatched to tackle the fire in the Sawan
district from which thick black smoke billowed into the air and was
seen from the fringes of Sana'a.

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