{"id":70036,"date":"2018-10-05T22:33:59","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T20:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/?p=70036"},"modified":"2018-10-05T22:33:59","modified_gmt":"2018-10-05T20:33:59","slug":"property-worth-millions-lost-in-nico-house-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/2018\/10\/05\/property-worth-millions-lost-in-nico-house-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Property worth Millions lost in Nico House Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Feston Malekezo<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Fire has damaged Nico house in Blantyre, Malawi\u2019s commercial city and property worth millions has been destroyed.<\/p>\n

The fire started around 1 o\u2019clock in the afternoon and took about three hours to be contained by the department of fire at Blantyre City Council.<\/p>\n

Eye witnesses have told Times that officials from the department came in late to control the inferno.<\/p>\n

The witnesses suggest that the blaze started after a microwave in one of the rooms of the third floor of the Nico building was left on and caught fire.<\/p>\n

There were three fire engine vehicles, two of which were 1300 litres and the one was 2500 litres.<\/p>\n

At the time of the incident patients who were at Shifa hospital housed in building next to Nico house were whisked away.<\/p>\n

Senior fire officer responsible for operations at Blantyre City Council, Prescott Sailasi, says though there were some technical challenges they have managed to contain the fire.<\/p>\n

He denied coming late at the facility saying that is \u201cdebatable\u201d<\/p>\n

Nico officials say will comment on the matter later in the day.<\/p>\n

Nico officials say they will comment at a later time<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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