Many businesses on the Moncef Bey market were ravaged, in the morning of this Tuesday, April 28, by a fire. In total, around twenty electronic equipment businesses went up in smoke, said the Tunis civil protection spokesman (Pull_quote_Center) about twenty businesses have been damaged and material losses are tens of thousands of Dinar, but fortunately, no human loss was recorded during this fire that broke out around 7:30 am. We also record the collapse of a wall because of the heat caused by the fire. (/Pull_quote_Center) Seven Civil Protection vehicles were on site to extinguish the fire, according to our correspondent at Moncef Bey.
The owners of the businesses attended, powerless in the devastation of their shops.
(Pull_quot_Center) »Around 07:30, the goalkeeper opened the large door to us and then opened the electricity meter. As soon as he activated the switch, there was a short circuit and the start of a fire broke out. Then we warned the civil protection which arrived after a quarter of an hour, “said one of the traders.” “Without civil protection, all of Moncef Bey would have left for smoke,” said the merchant.
“We ask for emergency solutions. We ask for authorizations to build our stores, but the municipality refuses, ”he adds. “I have just undergone losses of the order of 70,000 dinars,” adds a second merchant.
This is not the first time that the Souk Moncef Bey has launched fire. Other fires, in the past, have been declared in this crossroads of parallel trade where all good deals are generally taken.
