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Shops razed in massive fire in Kabul
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December 24, 2012, Monday
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A huge fire razed a market in downtown Kabul yesterday, destroying hundreds of shops and forcing a nearby money exchange to evacuate, police and witnesses said.
There were no reports of any casualties in the early morning blaze which destroyed most of the cloth market's 500 shops, Kabul fire department officials said.
A fire department official speaking on condition of anonymity said an electrical short circuit was the most likely cause of the fire, which was so severe that NATO and Afghan army fire squads were called in to help.
"We are all working together to get this under control," he said.
A Kabul police official, who also spoke under condition of anonymity, said the nearby currency exchange market had to be evacuated.
There were no reports of any casualties in the early morning blaze which destroyed most of the cloth market's 500 shops, Kabul fire department officials said.
A fire department official speaking on condition of anonymity said an electrical short circuit was the most likely cause of the fire, which was so severe that NATO and Afghan army fire squads were called in to help.
"We are all working together to get this under control," he said.
A Kabul police official, who also spoke under condition of anonymity, said the nearby currency exchange market had to be evacuated.
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