Screen grab of the fire from YouTube.
PHNOM PENH (Xinhua): A fire has engulfed one of the royal residence buildings in northwest Cambodia's Siem Reap province, said a Ministry of Royal Palace's press statement on Monday (March 13).
The blaze broke out at around 10:05pm local time on Sunday and firefighters took more than two hours to put out the flames.
"The fire was caused by an electrical short circuit," the statement said, adding that the Ministry of Royal Palace was extremely regretful over this unfortunate incident.
Siem Reap provincial department of information director Liv Sokhon said the royal residence is the official mansion for the king to stay whenever he is in Siem Reap province.
"The burned building was the king's office and it was almost completely destroyed in the fire," he told Xinhua.
According to the history, the royal residence was built in 1904, he said.
