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The Spokesperson of the Gambia Armed Forces, Lt. Lamin K. Sanyang has revealed that there is an inferno around the home of the former president Yahya Jammeh in Kanilai.
According to him, this information was passed by the Commanding Officer of the Kanilai Military Battalion, Lt. Col. Ebrima Krubally.
“According to Lt. Col. Krubally, the fire started from the Alla kunda (a village near Kanilai) end of the forest and entered through Woni, the former president’s home, since on Tuesday, 4th February 2020,” Army PRO Lt. Sanyang told journalists.
Lt. Sanyang added that the Kanilai-based fire fighters joined hands with residents of Woni to contain the fire outbreak. But to their big surprise, he went on, the fire restarted this afternoon.
The Army Spokesperson said the Kanilai Battalion’s Commanding Officer praised the villagers for their collaboration in putting out the fire, adding that the blazes are still strong and reported to be beyond their control.
“There have been no casualties so far but some of the houses, including the “FOUR house”, in the former President (Yahya Jammeh’s) compound have been gutted by the fire,” he further revealed.
Written by The Digest