Updated On: 10 November, 2022 01:51 PM IST | Maldives | AFP
Officials said 10 bodies were recovered from the upper floor of a building destroyed in the fire, which originated from a ground-floor vehicle repair garage

Firefighters try to douse a fire that broke out in a building lodging foreign workers in Maldives capital Male. Pic/AFP
At least 10 people were killed and several others injured Thursday when a fire swept through cramped lodgings of foreign workers in the Maldives capital Male, the fire service said.
The capital of the archipelago best known as an upmarket holiday destination is one of the world's most densely populated cities.