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Wednesday May 26 2021
Fire on Wednesday broke out at Royal Paint factory in Makindye, a Kampala suburb. PHOTOS/ RACHEL MABALA
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Police in Kampala are investigating the cause of a fire that on Wednesday broke out at Royal Paint factory in Makindye, a Kampala suburb.
The Deputy Director Fire Safety and Emergency Services, Mr Hassan Kyanda told this reporter that his team was still trying to establish the cause of the Wednesday morning fire that left property worth millions of shillings destroyed.
He, however, faulted the owner of the factory for setting up such a business in a residential area which he said puts the entire neighborhood at risk.
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Preliminary police findings into the fire that gutted a dormitory at King’s College Budo point to possible arson.
On Tuesday morning, fire gutted Grace House, one of the girls’ dormitories at King’s College Budo in Wakiso district, destroying student’s property worth millions of shillings. The fire is said to have broken out while students were attending morning preps in their classes.
Luke Owoyesigyire, the deputy Kampala Metropolitan police spokesperson, said no student was injured in the fire since they were out of the dormitory. Moments after the incident, several people including Wilberforce Kityo Luwalira, the Bishop of St. Paul Cathedral Namirembe visited the school and appealed to police to carry out expeditious investigations and release their findings.