Original report from Phnom Penh
09 March 2010
More than 200 families lost their homes to a fire Monday night in Phnom Penh, with many forced to stay on the grounds of a pagoda nearby.The fire began at 6:30 pm Monday evening and was extinguished by 10 pm, Phnom Penh officials said.
The cause of the fire is under investigation, but residents say it started in one house where a grandson had been fighting with his grandmother, knocking over a kerosene lantern.
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