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Location DB > Canada > Ontario > Ottawa > Mekong Grocery
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Mekong Grocery
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created by Mutt on 5/14/2007 1:25 AM
last modified by abacab on 1/1/2010 3:09 PM
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This location has been labeled as Demolished, and therefore can be viewed by anyone.
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A sad scene. It was more of a closure for myself that I went there.
I have included some pictures of the interior of the store section of the Mekong building, but I did not take any of the apartment areas.... I couldnt... sorry.
 Basic Information
Type: Building
Status: Demolished
Accessibility: Easy
Recommendation: forget it
 Physical Information
Address
816 Somerset street east
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
Owner:
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  •  Hazards
     Interesting Features
    A multi fatal fire occured here which rocked the asian community and the rest of the city as well.
     Security Measures
  • locked gates
  • wooden boarding
  • Local community watch this building as many died in this building.
  •  Historical Dates
    Built: 0
    Closed: 2005
     Required Equipment
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    A heart.
     History
    An early morning fire in Ottawa's Chinatown area killed five members of a family, the mother, daughter and three sons.
    Three more people were injured in the fire; two escaped from the building on their own, and firefighters brought one out, fire officials told a media briefing on Tuesday.

    One of the injured is an infant, who is in hospital with serious burn injuries.

    Rath Yong, who identified himself as a good friend of the family, said the family's father and son-in-law were also taken to hospital.
    I have a great loss, a friend, a great friend. That's why I'm still here," said Yong from the scene early Tuesday morning. "So I'm going to later on go talk to my friend – he's still in hospital – to find out what I can do."

    Firefighters said they were called at 1:41 a.m. EDT Tuesday by a neighbour. When they arrived, the building – an apartment above a grocery store the family operated – was burning fiercely and there was a great deal of smoke.

    The father managed to rescue his infant grandson from the burning building, handing the boy to a neighbour in the street. He then returned to the burning building to help the rest of his family, but it's not clear whether he was able to make it back up the stairs to the apartment.

    The Thach family moved to Ottawa from Quebec about 10 years ago, and has run the Mekong store for the past several years, said Yong.

    As a result, everybody in Ottawa's Cambodian community knew the family, said family friend Vannery Pha. Pha's thoughts were with the three who were fighting for their lives in hospital. "We just want to pray for them," she said.

    Investigators are on the scene.

    ----From CBC.CA April 5, 2005


     Media Coverage
    http://www.ofm.gov...2005/Apr_08_05.asp

    http://www.cbc.ca/...a-fire-050407.html

    http://www.cbc.ca/...13/fireruling.html




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    Mekong
    Mon, May 14th, 2007
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    This location's validation is current. It was last validated by Opheliaism on 1/1/2010 11:24 PM.

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  • on Jan 1 10 at 23:24, Opheliaism validated this location
  • on Jan 1 10 at 15:09, abacab changed the following: Status, Recommendation
  • on Jan 13 08 at 3:00, Emperor Wang validated this location
  • on Jan 12 08 at 22:07, Mutt made this location public
  • on Jun 7 07 at 3:56, Mutt validated this location
  • on Jun 7 07 at 3:56, Mutt made this location private
  • on Jun 7 07 at 3:55, Mutt validated this location
  • on May 17 07 at 1:53, Mutt validated this location
  • on May 17 07 at 1:52, Mutt changed the following: Publically Viewable
  • on May 14 07 at 4:45, Mutt validated this location
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