To determine whether the recent fires in the Maldives were premeditated, a team of foreign forensic investigators has been dispatched to the Maldives.
While there has been many large fires reported in the past two weeks, one of which occurred on Monday in Neelan Fihaara, an auction house located in Malé. The fire destroyed neighboring accommodation blocks leaving a large number of migrant workers on the streets.
A thorough inquiry of the most recent significant fire occurrences in the Maldives has been initiated, according to Police Commissioner Mohamed Hameed.
A police official speaking to Mihaaru said, foreign forensic experts on fire accidents were brought in to help the police with their investigation. He said that they were investigating whether the fire was premeditated.
Recently, an accommodation block housing employees of Indian company Afcons in Kaafu atoll Gulhifalhu, had gone up in flames, resulting in one death and several injuries. The accommodation block had housed 457 employees.
On Sunday, there was a fire broke out in Gaafu Dhaalu atoll, Fiyoaree School; on Saturday, there was a massive fire in Raa atoll, Alifushi; on Friday there was a fire in Hulhumalé phase 2; and on the last day of December 2022, there was a fire in Hulhudhoo, Addu City.
At the end of December last year, an accommodation block owned by Afcons Infrastructure, the contractor for the Thilamale Bridge, on the man-made island of Gulhifalhu, burned down.
Malé City saw its deadliest fire in November 2022 when an expatriate housing complex burned down after a fire started in the structure's garage. Ten people were killed in the incident, including migrant workers from Bangladesh and India.
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