From Sudan, CEOAFRICA.com gathered that fire outbreak at the Khor Abeche camp for the displaced in South Darfur have claimed the lives of ten people.

Further report states that 350 houses and 80 shops were burned down completely and a communications tower belonging to Unamid and three of its offices were partly ravaged.

One of the camp Sheiks, Hassan Abakir Mohammed, told pressmen that the fire broke out at about 11 am on Wednesday in one of the thatched huts where some children tried to cook food. He further disclosed that people tried all they could to extinguish the fire with sand and water, but all their efforts proved abortive due to strong wind.

An estimated valuable worth $225,614 was lost in the inferno, as Mohammed appealed to the authorities and humanitarian organisations to act fast and provide relief materials like food, shelter and medicine for hundreds of affected families who are currently living in the open.