Sudan: Four killed, scores injured in IDPs camp fire
Al-Obied hosts thousands of displaced people who fled their homes because of the ongoing war and live in shelters that lack all safety equipment.
Al-Obied: Altaghyeer
Two women and two children died on Saturday when a massive fire broke out in an Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) shelter in al-Obied city, capital of Sudan's south western State of North Kordofan, eyewitnesses told Altaghyeer.
21 others were wounded in the fire which broke out when one of the displaced women lit a fire for preparing a breakfast inside her straw-built shelter, the sources said.
Al-Obied hosts thousands of displaced people who fled their homes because of the ongoing war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces since April 2023.
They live in shelters that lack all safety equipment and are in need of humanitarian assistance.
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