<p><a href="/en/afganistan/kabul" class="glossify-link">KABUL</a> (Pajhwok): Two people were injured and as many shops gutted in a fire that erupted in the Taimani area of the capital Kabul on Wednesday, an eyewitness said.</p>
<p>The fire that took place 7:50am was linked to the carelessness of a gas-selling shopkeeper, said Nazir Ahmad, whose hands were burnt in the incident.</p>
<p>He told Pajhwok Afghan News: “I came here to refill my gas cylinder. The shopkeeper was checking a gas balloon with a cigarette lighter. Suddenly one gas cylinder caught fire.”</p>
<p>Ahmad said his car, parked beside the shop, was also partially damaged as result of the explosion.The shopkeeper was also injured and shifted to hospital for treatment.</p>
<p>Mohammad Kabir, firefighting department chief for the fourth police district, said a second shop was also torched. A loss of nearly 100,000 afghanis was inflicted on shop owners, he reckoned.</p>
<p>He said the firefighters, informed at around 7:58am, arrived in the area at 8:03am. The fire was extinguished in time, otherwise it could have damaged nearby shops, he added.</p>
<p>mds/mud</p>
