AVA - Fire breaks out in Herat

A fire broke out at a big market, engulfing nearly 200 shops, in Afghanistan's western Herat province.

Afghan Voice Agency (AVA)_Monitoring, The incident happened at Qasr-e-Herat clothing market in PD 7 of the city.

Abdullah Insaf, the provincial police spokesman, said that the cause of the fire was believed to have been an electric fault. The fire meanwhile raged for hours.

The Ministry of Interior Affairs said in a statement that the fire was reported to the local fire department one hour after it broke out.

The ministry said that the incident caused no human casualties, but there was a huge financial loss.