KUALA LUMPUR: The pasar minggu (weekend market) site, a popular tourist draw for traditional Malay food, craft and clothes, in Kampung Baru here, was ablaze in an inferno, which was believed to have started from burning charcoal used for preparing satayyesterday.
The fire destroyed at least 12 wooden stalls and made 150 people of a nearby squatter colony homeless. Twenty-four squatter houses were razed.
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