Photographs: Fire at Kampala’s Owino market

For the 4th time in 4 years, Kampala’s Owino market has once again gone up in flames. the fire broke out this morning at approximatly 4:00am.

The rabbit warren of a market makes up a large section of downtown Kampala and is the largest open air market in Kampala. On the scene in the early hours this morning, the New Vision newspaper took these photos.

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More photos from the fire can be seen on the New Vision facebook page.

Dramatic photos from the 2011 fire at Owino can be seen on Tom White’s photography site.

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