News: Fire at biggest stadium construction site in Ethiopia kills seven, severely injures about a dozen; news kept secret
Families of the deceased were offered just 15,000 Birr (about US$640) as compensation while the injured have received medical treatments only
Samuel Bogale
Addis Abeba, September 5/2017 – A fire that engulfed workers’ dormitory at the construction site of Adey Abeba Stadium, the biggest stadium Ethiopia is constructing, has claimed the lives of seven people so far while almost a dozen were burned severely, the survivors told Addis Standard.