Gaza City. A fire broke out in a refugee camp in the Gaza Strip late Thursday night. 21 people died in the accident. Among the dead are 10 children. A large number of Palestinian refugees live in the building where the fire broke out. The police officer said that the cause of the fire could not be ascertained. According to the primary investigation, gasoline was stored in the building. This may be the cause of the fire.
In the hospital where the bodies and injured have been brought, the director has said that the number of dead children is 10. An officer said – the fire was quite terrible. Most of the dead are women and children. Many people were seriously injured and the death toll may rise.
An eyewitness said – people were shouting in front of the building. They were praying that someone would come and save their relatives. Children and women were burning alive and there was no scope to save them. A local told – Gasoline was kept in the building. This is used to operate the generator there. An official said that the celebration was going on in the building. A family relative had returned from abroad and the celebration was being done for him only. Most of the dead are members of the same family. The numbers are not yet clear.
A fireman told that the fire was very terrible. It took about an hour to get the fire under control. Meanwhile, the rescue operation continued to save the people. Most of the people living in the building have been taken out. Palestine’s President Mahmoud Abbas has called this incident a national tragedy. A day’s mourning has also been announced.
Gaza, one of the most densely populated places in the world, is home to 700,000 refugees. According to a report, Gajapatti is one of the most densely populated places in the world. 23 lakh people live here. Generally, in densely populated places, there is a population of 5 thousand 700 in one square kilometer. This figure is like the population of London, but if we talk about Gaza, then 9 thousand of people live in one square kilometer.
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