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Property Worth Billions Destroyed, Multimillion Offices & Bars Smashed As Heavy Fire Guts City House Building

By Frank Kamuntu

Fire has gutted the City House building in the heart of Kampala City which houses Ugandan’s oldest political party, the Democratic Party (DP).

The fire started early this morning at around 8:30am inside the building and several business merchandise is feared to have been destroyed.

The affected building houses several restaurants and stationery shops on the first floor, textile shops on the ground floor and office outlets on the third floor.

By press time, the cause of the outbreak was still unknown and police fire brigade was working tooth and nail to extinguish the fire.

“We have seven fire trucks with our officers deployed to contain the fire at City House shopping centre in Kampala,” Kampala Metropolitan Police deputy spokesperson, Luke Owoyesigyire said on Monday.

Meanwhile, Kampala Central Division Mayor Salim Uhuru has urged property owners to have firefighting equipment to avert damages caused by fire outbreaks.

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