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370 shops, godowns gutted in Kabul market fire

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KABUL (Pajhwok): Saturday’s huge blaze that swept into a marketplace in central capital Kabul reduced to ashes 370 shops and godowns, causing millions of dollars of losses to traders, officials and traders said on Sunday.

Maj. Gen. Abdur Rahman Rahimi, the Asmayee Zone police commander, told reporters on Saturday the fire erupted as a result of an electric short-circuit in Haji Zardad market at about 10:30am.

The fire was controlled after five hours of hectic efforts and three people were injured in the . . .

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