Maldives National Defence Force MNDF says it has extinguished a fire that broke out at the site of Road Development Corporation RDC on Boduthakurufaanu Magu last night.
MNDF said that a report of the incident came in around 00:13 after midnight and that MNDF fire and rescue services attended the scene immediately. MNDF also reported that they were able to extinguish the fire within 10 minutes.
They said that no one was injured in the incident.
MNDF also indicated that the fire originated from a pile of rubbish on the site.
Fire incidents that originate from piles of rubbish are growing frequent in the capital Male'. Last month, MNDF extinguished a fire that broke out at an abandoned house in Male' and that fire also originated from a pile of rubbish.
Authorities have not clarified whether or not these incidents were related to an arsonist attack or whether they were results of carelessness from individuals.
