57 expatriates unrelated to Friday’s fire have registered for assistance, revealed the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).
NDMA’s Chief Executive Hisaan Hassan revealed that while the authority has been providing assistance for locals and expatriates affected in the fire, their evaluation shows that 57 out of those registered as fire victims are completely unrelated to the incident.
Although the authority had been accommodating them at a location of the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment, they have now been handed over to the Immigration Department, revealed Hisaan.
“We received information through the Immigration department that these migrants were not affected by the fire”NDMA’s Chief Executive Hisaan
Further, while NDMA is continuing to provide shelter and assistance to those affected by the fire, they have booked a hall in Dharubaaruge for a period of seven days and have been distributing relief items, donations and essentials to individuals who have been placed there.
A total of 247 individuals have been provided temporary shelter.
