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| Somalia: Fierce fire in Bakara bazaar |
| 2007-10-06 |
| (SomaliNet) Severe fire started yesterday at dusk at Mogadishu's main business point, the inferno caused vast losses of wealth including clothes, cooking utensils and food stuff. Bakara is a big market and it has different sections of different items so the sections where the fires destroyed mainly are: cookeries items, books, paints, and raffia. Number of explosions could be heard inside the market which seems to be paint cans likewise the sound of bullets could sparsely be heard as well. The real cause of the fire is yet in mystery, but some reports are saying what ignited the fire might be a stray bullet. The capacity of the fire was so strong that the flame and the smoke engulfed the whole market. This sort of fire is observed annually or biannually. The possibilities to putt off the fire was not possible due to the congest of the market and it was quite difficult for the fire engines to enter the market. Banadir regional police commander colonel Hussein Dumal told Shabelle that H/ Wadag police unit apprehended number of individuals who looted properties from the market. He also added that they took two people who were injured by the fire to medic centers. On the hand in another statement the colonel said that the regional administration set up a committee to monitor the extent of the damage.-- |
| Posted by:Fred |