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The first fire, whose cause is still under police investigation, destroyed more than 70 semi-permanent houses on Tuesday.

A second fire, believed to have been sparked by remnants of the initial blaze, left more than 120 residents without shelter. The affected families are now camping in tents near the busy Kalangala Island Ferry docking village, according to local leaders.

Mr David Omongot, the Kalangala Disaster coordinator, suspects the second fire was reignited by smoldering debris from the first fire, which residents and police had extinguished on October 1.

“When we visited the scene on the morning of October 2, I saw smoke still coming from the debris. It’s likely that the second fire was a continuation of the first,” he said.

Mr Rajab Ssemakula, the Kalangala District LC5 chairman, yesterday said about 150 people, including adults and children, are temporarily sheltered at Lutoboka Church of Uganda, where the Uganda Red Cross Society has set up an emergency camp.

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