{Rwanda National Police (RNP) has called upon property owners to take precaution against fire in their buildings and to insure that their businesses are safe from fire outbreak.}<\/p>\n
The call was made by Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Jean Baptiste Seminega, the Commanding Officer of Fire and Rescue Brigade in RNP.<\/p>\n
This was after one commercial building and eight shops were gutted in a blaze in Nyarugenge District in the wee hours of Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Police said goods yet to be valued include stationary, motor-vehicle spare parts and food stuffs are among the property destroyed in the fire before the blaze was brought under control by the RNP firefighters.<\/p>\n
ACP Seminega said that no anyone was injured in the fire. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe fire is still under investigation. The cause has not been determined.\u201d he said<\/p>\n
He, however, said that most fire outbreaks can be avoided if basic safety precautions are observed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe public should never take fire safety measures lightly since the consequence are always fatal and heavy loses,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He advised that owners of buildings should acquire and install firefighting gadgets and fire warning devices as well as quality and standard electric installations that can accommodate electric machines used.<\/p>\n
He called for timely information with the police fire department through 24\/7 phone contacts 111 and 0788311120, for immediate response.<\/p>\n
Police records indicate that last year, 35 cases of fire outbreaks that claimed at least five lives.<\/p>\n
Since the beginning of this year, ten fire incidents have been recorded, through which one person succumbed to fire burns.<\/p>\n
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