Sentences with phrase «while the residents fled»

Report has it that several houses were set ablaze, while the residents fled in different directions for safety.

Eye witnesses in Kaya village told Daily Trust that the militants shot a woman and abducted three men at night, while residents fled to the bush and returned in the morning.

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A group of residents wants Syracuse to know the hardships refugees endure while fleeing their native lands to start anew here.

The housing stock in CB 12 largely remained in the hands of landlords and tenants during the 1970s and 1980s when residents were fleeing the city, while in Harlem — in community boards 9, 10 and 11 — the city was able to purchase significant numbers of properties.

«We had to flee using wooden boats because we couldn't afford to buy tickets, while the rumors of eruption were concerning us,» said Muhidin, 42, a Karangasem resident who traveled to Lombok with his wife and three children.