PHNOM PENH, June 13 (Xinhua) -- A four-member family died in a fire incident early Friday here in the capital of Cambodia, a firefighting police chief said.
The blaze took place at 5:05 a.m. local time at an air-con repair house in Pou Senchey district while the victims were sleeping, said Colonel Prohm Yorn, director of the Phnom Penh Municipal Fire Prevention and Rescue Police Office.
The parents and their two daughters were killed in the fire, he said in a report released to the media, adding that the blaze totally destroyed a 5-meter-by-20-meter concrete house and all properties inside.
"Electric fault was blamed for the flames," he said.
The Southeast Asian country recorded a total of 823 fire incidents in 2024, killing 20 people and injuring 59 others, according to the National Committee for Disaster Management. ■
