On 7 August 2016 a fire damaged 10 houses, private
buildings on Shamshad Street in the Kara-Suu District of the Osh Region of
Kyrgyzstan. The fire started around 20:30, within two hours three houses burnt
down completely, the other suffered a partial damage. The total area damaged by
the fire was 900 square meters.
According to residents, the fire started because of faulty wiring. Mainly
ethnic Uzbeks live in the Shamshad Street. During the tragic events of June
2010, their homes were destroyed, along with the gas pipeline network. Since then
the gas supply was not restored due to the high cost of the relevant works, and
most residents have been using electrical stoves.
Firefighters arrived only after 40 minutes, explaining their late
response by the fact that the residents
Three people suffered burns of varying degrees; two children were taken
to the hospital. Residents of Shamshad Street M. Rakhmanberdiev, A. Alimov, K. Iminov
and a resident of the Navoi Street S. Dadazhanova are especially in need of
help. All the victims are ethnic Uzbeks.
Association for Human Rights in Central Asia - AHRCA
calls on the Kyrgyz government to investigate thoroughly the cause of the fire,
and earnestly requests to provide humanitarian assistance to the victims.
