Fire razes harbour teashops

A fire broke out at the Male’ southwest harbour at 3:00am this morning, damaging stores and teashops in the area.

According to police, the fire was put out by the fire and rescue service of the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) together with police and members of the public at about 4:30am.

While electronic equipment and kitchen utensils in the shops were damaged beyond repair, no one was injured in the incident.

Newspaper Haveeru reports that according to an eyewitness an electricity board in one of the shops had burst into flames and the fire spread to adjacent shops.