16 students killed in Kenya school dormitory fire
At least 16 students were killed and 79 others injured after a fire broke out at a girls’ school dormitory in central Kenya, a media report said on Friday.
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Wood shop fire in Zabul causes 3m afghanis losses
A fire breakout at a wood shop in the Shajoy district of southern Zabul province caused financial losses of three million afghanis, police said on Friday.
Man burnt to death in Badakhshan house blaze
A man was burnt to death after a fire breakout in his house in northeastern Badakhshan province, police said on Tuesday. Police spokesman Ehsanullah Kamgar said the incident occurred in 4th district of Faziabad city at 9:30am today.…
Fire at Kandahar market causes millions worth of damage
A fire that broke out late yesterday in a battery and spare parts market in the Spin Boldak district of southern Kandahar province inflicted heavy financial losses on shopkeepers. Local officials in Kandahar confirmed the fire breakout…
Efforts expedited to douse Spin Boldak market blaze
Firefighters from Pakistan joined their Afghan colleagues to extinguish a fire broke out in a battery and spare parts market in the Spin Boldak district of southern Kandahar province before noon Friday. Local officials in Kandahar confirmed the…
16 people die as fire engulfs shopping mall in China
Sixteen people were killed after a fire broke out at a shopping mall in southwest China on Wednesday, according to state media. Chinese investigators suspect construction work sparked the fire in the southwestern city of Zigong. The fire…
Fire sweeps through health center building in Parwan
A fire swept through a health center building overnight in this capital city of central Parwan province, gutting equipment worth one million afghanis. Parwan Public Health Department spokesman Wahidullah Noori told Pajhwok the fire broke out in Sayadan…
Kunar wood market blaze causes 100m afghanis losses
A fire erupted at a wood market in Ghazi Abad district of eastern Kunar province, reducing to ashes wood worth 100 million afghanis, officials said on Wednesday. Mohammad Ibrahim, deputy police commander of the district, told Pajhwok Afghan…
Fire guts boys high school in Nuristan
A devastating blaze caused by electricity short-circuit gutted Shaheed Mir Alam Naseh high school for boys in eastern Nuristan province, an official said on Saturday. Muhammad Issa Turabi, the school principal, said the school building was severely damaged…
12 houses, including a historic, gutted in Nuristan fire
A dozen houses, including a historic one, were burnt in a fire in Kamdesh village of eastern Nuristan province, an official said on Wednesday. Jamlullah Hashimi, Information and Culture department official, said the fire boke out at 3pm…
Logar wood market fire causes huge losses
A fire has broken out at the wood market in Pul-i-Alam, the provincial capital of central Logar province, resulting in heavy financial losses. Mansoor Omar, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the blaze erupted near the southern…
Fire erupts at construction materials market in Jalalabad
A fire erupted at a construction materials market in Jalalabad city, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, with efforts ongoing to extinguish the blaze. Nangarhar Fire Department Director Haji Rasheed told Pajhwok the fire broke out in a…
Fire breaks out at Herat mega cloth market
A fire broke out in the Qasar market, a largest cloths selling center, in western Herat province and efforts are underway to put out the blaze. Rafiullah Noori, one of the garment shopkeepers in Herat city, said…
Panjsher education department fire causes 3.5m afs loss
A fire broke out at the Education Department of central Panjsher province, causing a loss of 3.5 million afghanis, an official said on Thursday. Ghulam Aishan Hamas, the education director, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the fire erupted…
Six shops gutted in Panjshir market blaze
At least six shops were gutted by a fire that swept through a marketplace in the Khenj district of Panjshir province, an official said on Monday. Ahmad Zia Yazdani, director of natural disasters management, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
Shop gutted in Lashkargah fire
A fire broke out at a shop in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, last night, reducing to ashes goods worth one million afghanis, an official said on Saturday. Deputy information and culture director Mualvi Mohammad Qasim…
Fire again erupts in Nuristan forest
Fire again erupted in the forest of Norgram district of eastern Nuristan province, engulfing a sizeable area and causing damage to pine nut trees, an official said on Tuesday. Governor's spokesman Saifuddin Latton told Pajhwok Afghan News that…
Market fire in Panjshir causes 800,000 afs in damage
A fire that swept through a supermarket in Qabzadan area of Rakha district in central Panjshir province caused 800,000 afghanis in damage, local officials said Tuesday. Qari Abdul Jalal Faisal, Rakha district chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News that…
Promotion of Virtue Dept building damaged by fire
A fire broke out at the building of the Department for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice in eastern Nuristan province. Maulvi Sami-ul-Haq Haqbayan, director of information and culture, told Pajhwok Afghan News the fire caused…
Last night fire in Kabul causes $20m damage: Traders
The Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment (ACCI) on Sunday said a massive fire in capital Kabul that erupted on Saturday night caused around 20 million dollars loss, warning to shut borders of the country if the government…
Probe team in Herat to assess Islam Qala fire incident
An authorized government team on Monday arrived in western Herat province to assess and investigate what caused the fire outbreak in Islam Qala port. Ghulam Bahauddin Jailani, state minister for natural disasters management, heads the13-member powerful probing…
