A night fire at one of Kyrgyzstan's best-known ethno complexes has left a kitchen and a wooden yurt in ashes.
A night fire at one of Kyrgyzstan's best-known ethno complexes has left a kitchen and a wooden yurt in ashes.
The fire broke out at the Supara Chunkurchak complex in Alamudun district, in Kyrgyzstan's Chui region, on the night of November 5. A follow-up report from AKIpress says 400 square metres of kitchen space and a wooden yurt burned down.
Staff at the complex told 24.kg the fire started at about 21:00 in the restaurant, and that fire crews took a long time to reach the site. The Emergencies Ministry said four fire crews were working there, after staff reported only one crew on site late in the evening.
Supara Chunkurchak is a yurt village and restaurant complex in the mountains outside Bishkek, popular with tourists and wedding parties. No casualty figures have been reported in these updates.
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