Fire ravages UN food agency warehouse in Yemen
Badhon : A fire has destroyed large quantities of UN food and other humanitarian supplies in war-torn Yemen. It broke out at a storage facility run by the World Food Programme (WFP) in the Red Sea port of Hodeida. It is Yemen’s largest port and a lifeline for people in the war-battered country dependent on food imports and, according to the United Nations, on the verge of famine. (BBC)
Four warehouses holding 50 tonnes of food are said to have been destroyed. They also contained fuel and mattresses for displaced people. The cause of the blaze is unclear. The Yemen conflict has killed about 10,000 people over the past three years.