Mon: Altogether twenty-four (24) houses were completely burn down to ashes and twenty-one (21) houses were damaged in a fire incident that happened in Pessao Village on April 17. According to witness, the 21 houses were damaged in an effort “to stop the fire from spreading further as the houses are located very close to each other.”
It is reported that properties of Government Primary School including Pupil Cumulative Record (PCR), Book (120 Nos), text book, generator, computer set, carpentry tools, type writer and sewing machine were completely burnt down. Other houses destroyed by fire include Pessao Students Union office, Primary Health entre NPF Office. Further, VDB documents and statistical record of the Pessao village was also gutted down.
The fire, reportedly started while charging mobile battery directly connected to a solar plate in one villager. “However, complete assessment for the properties destroyed from each houses could not be made in our visit to village on April 18 as most of the villagers was very much occupied with their works,” MA Wanmai said in a press release.
Meanwhile, thanking all relief campaign members and well-wishers from Mon Town and other places of the district for their support and concern towards Pessao village and Tobu people, more friends, NGOs and Civil Societies are requested to come up with their ideas and donation towards fire victim families.
For necessary details and donations, contact M. A. Wanmai Tobu Town @ 9862688852/9436073401.
