Fire engulfs century-old royal residence building in Siem Reap


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.

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