Afghanistan: Gas station fire leaves 3 dead in Kabul
Kabul, Jan 4 (IBNS): At least three people were killed when an overnight fire that began in a gas station in Abulhaq Circle in Kabul city’s PD9 spread to other buildings in the locality, media reports said on Friday.
The incident left 44 others hurt, reports said.
Wahidullah Mayar, spokesman for Ministry of Public Health, told TOLOnews that six of those wounded are in critical condition.
He said women and children were among those hurt in the fire mishap.
Eyewitnesses told the Afghanistan-based news portal that the fire began shortly after midnight at a gas station near Abdulhaq Circle and quickly spread to a nearby cement block apartment complex.
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