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Three busi­ness­es were af­fect­ed by a fire that broke out at the Bam­boo Set­tle­ment No 3, Val­sayn, on Thurs­day evening.

Around 5 pm, Aron Roop­nar­ine, own­er of NFS Au­to—a new and used for­eign car parts deal­er­ship lo­cat­ed at Bam­boo Boule­vard, 2nd Street—closed and se­cured his busi­ness be­fore leav­ing for his home.

At ap­prox­i­mate­ly 7.15 pm, how­ev­er, res­i­dents alert­ed Roop­nar­ine that his ware­house was on fire.