Saturday 30 July 2011

Mwanza TFP inferno exposes fire brigade constraints

From Daily News, Dar es Salaam
By SWAUM MUSTAPHER in Mwanza

FIRE erupted here on Saturday afternoon at Tanzania Fish Processors Limited (TFP) along Voil Street in Mwanza.

The Assistant Manager in the company’s production section, Mr Antony Nyingi, said that the fire broke out at around 2.30 pm and it was not yet known what caused it.

“The whole store caught fire and till now we do not know the value of the property destroyed and the source of this fire has not been established,” he said.

The fire started in the fishing gears’ store which keeps equipments like freezing boxes, taps, fish salt and buoys and fish nets.

No comments: