MNDF have begun works to search and assess the chemical warehouses located in Male' City.

MNDF confirmed on Sunday that their Fire & Rescue services have begun a search and assessment of the 126 chemical warehouses that are in Male'.

While MNDF has launched a search and assessment into chemical warehouses, a fire that broke out in a chemical warehouse in Henveiru last Friday displaced hundreds of people and claimed the life of one woman.

Speaking during a press conference yesterday, Defense Minister Mariya Ahmed Didi revealed that 87 people from 13 different families have been provided shelter from the 443 who were affected.