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Market catches fire in Afghanistan's Kandahar
By Xinhua Published: Oct 17, 2024 10:36 AM
This photo taken on Oct. 16, 2024 shows the site of a fire at a popular market in Kandahar city, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. A popular market locally known as Bush Market caught fire in Kandahar city, capital of Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province, on Wednesday. (Photo:Xinhua)

This photo taken on Oct. 16, 2024 shows the site of a fire at a popular market in Kandahar city, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. A popular market locally known as "Bush Market" caught fire in Kandahar city, capital of Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province, on Wednesday. (Photo:Xinhua)


 
This photo taken on Oct. 16, 2024 shows the site of a fire at a popular market in Kandahar city, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. A popular market locally known as Bush Market caught fire in Kandahar city, capital of Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province, on Wednesday. (Photo:Xinhua)

This photo taken on Oct. 16, 2024 shows the site of a fire at a popular market in Kandahar city, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. A popular market locally known as "Bush Market" caught fire in Kandahar city, capital of Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province, on Wednesday. (Photo:Xinhua)


 
Firefighters try to extinguish fire at a popular market in Kandahar city, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Oct. 16, 2024. A popular market locally known as Bush Market caught fire in Kandahar city, capital of Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province, on Wednesda (Photo:Xinhua)

Firefighters try to extinguish fire at a popular market in Kandahar city, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Oct. 16, 2024. A popular market locally known as "Bush Market" caught fire in Kandahar city, capital of Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province, on Wednesday.  (Photo:Xinhua)


 
A popular market locally known as "Bush Market" caught fire in Kandahar city, capital of Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province, on Wednesday.

The market is located in the Police District 5 of the city.

Deputy head of Kandahar's firefighting department Nazir Ahmad Zahid said that the fire caused property damage worth some 40 million afghani (600,000 U.S. dollars) to 13 persons including shopkeepers in the market.