A fire has destroyed shops and stalls at Kilinochchi market on Friday evening, after local fire services struggled to bring the blaze under control.
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It is not known how the fire, which broke out at midnight started.
Locals have criticised the inadequacy of equipment available to the fire services, who had to call in the military to help tackle the blaze.
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Market vendors, many who had only started to rebuild their lives after the end of the armed conflict, have been left with nothing but ashes.
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