{"id":4867,"date":"2021-02-23T16:57:30","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T16:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=4867"},"modified":"2021-02-23T16:29:43","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T16:29:43","slug":"fire-destroys-sugarcane-worth-shs300-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/fire-destroys-sugarcane-worth-shs300-million","title":{"rendered":"Fire destroys sugarcane worth Shs300 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>IGANGA- A farmer in Bukoona village, Nakalama Sub-county, Iganga District is counting losses after fire destroyed about seventy acres of his sugarcane plantation.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Edrisa Kalonget Misiwa, the owner of the farm said on Monday that he suspects the fire spread from a neighbour\u2019s garden that was being prepared for the impending planting season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe damage is huge but we don\u2019t know what to do because all the [sugar] factories stopped accepting burnt cane,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said that about 3,500 tonnes of raw cane worth Shs300 million were destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>According to residents, the fire started at about 1pm on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Police led by the officer in-charge of Nakalama Police Station, Mr Michael Arinda, recorded statements from the farm owner and several residents to as investigations to establish the cause of the fire start.<\/p>\n<p><b>editorial@ug.nationmedia.com<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. IGANGA- A farmer in Bukoona village, Nakalama Sub-county, Iganga District is counting losses after fire destroyed about seventy acres of his sugarcane plantation. 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