Liberia: Fire Renders Over 70 Homeless in NKT

An early morning fire outbreak in New Kru Town last Thursday that residents claimed was started by an unattended candle destroyed seven zinc houses, rendering more than 70 people homeless.

It is the second time this month that fire has destroyed properties worth thousands of dollars and forced many to seek shelter from neighbors and relatives in New Kru Town on Bushrod Island.

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