At least four people died in a fire on street 63, Boeung Raing Commune in Phnom Penh this afternoon, said Fire and Rescue Police Department.

Chheang Phanara, Phnom Penh municipal deputy police chief said, the house ran a business that sold gas cylinders.

“The primary report, identifies four people who died in the blast and one among them is a child aged five-years-old,” he said.

He said the fire started at around 4 o’clock in the afternoon.

The report states the number of people in the house have not been identified as yet,

The report says the fire-fighters are still trying to control it.

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