JALALABAD (Pajhwok): A fire broke out at a market in Jalalabad city of eastern Nangarhar province, inflicted millions of afghanis losses to shopkeepers.
The fire erupted in one of the markets in limits of 1st police district of Jalalabad city at 2:20pm on Wednesday.
Nangarhar Fire Department Director Haji Rasheed said the firefighters rushed to the area immediately and extinguished the fire and prevented the losses of hundreds of millions of dollars.
Rasheed told Pajhwok Afghan News that an electric short circuit caused the fire that gutted 15 shops and a hotel worth about $1 million, and luckily no . . .
