On Saturday night while we were out at the village the warehouse at the hospital caught on fire! The fire seems to have originated from a refrigerator that held insulin and HIV/AIDS tests that was surrounded by unopened boxed from thier last shipment of supplies. The fire was put out, but about 20% of the warehouse was consumed. A portion of the the roof was melted as well as the wiring near the fire.
From what a doctor told us the biggest thing lost was the new shipment of IV fluids. We were unable to hear the extent of supplies lost because we left before they were able to review their stock.
For more information and also if you want to help go to the hospital web page at http://www.bongolohospital.org/.
p.s. a praise from this ordeal; there were 3 barrels of 100% ethanol no more than ten yards away from where the fire stopped...had they exploded the warehouse would have been a total loss and people could have been injured/killed by the explosion...praise God!!
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