Maldives Police Services has started looking for the owners of the vehicles that were destroyed in the fire on Abadhahfehi Magu in Male’ City on Friday night.

In a tweet sent out last night, Police said that the vehicles that were damaged and destroyed in the fire has been taken into police custody and are working to identify and verify the respective owners of the vehicles.

The fire on Friday night destroyed some of the vehicles in the area beyond use.

With a large number of vehicles parked in the area at the time of the incident, the first response fire trucks had difficulty getting into the area.

MNDF have said that the initial fire began at H. Thilafushige.