About 12 shops damaged in Abu Hamour Fire

Smoke billowing from a fire that broke out at Kilo Market in Wholesale Market in Abu Hamour yesterday. Abdul Basit​

A fire broke out at Kilo Market in Wholesale Market in Abu Hamour yesterday afternoon, damaging nearly a dozen shops, witnesses said.

No causalities were reported but some people sustained minor injuries. Another fire was reported in a villa in Ain Khalid. No one was injured.

Around 12.30pm, residents in Abu Hamour alerted Civil Defence after spotting smoke coming from shops in the market.

They said the fire appeared to have broken out near the Omani Souq. A Civic Defence team reached the spot and doused the blaze by around 2.45pm. The damaged outlets included two supermarkets involved in wholesale business near the souq.

“Civil Defence managed to control the fire broke out in some shops in central market, no injuries,” the Ministry of Interior tweeted. Al Fazaa Police cordoned off the area and traffic was diverted.

“Six ambulance arrived and took the injured to hospital,” said Hussain Mohamed Kharmous, Assistant Director, Ambulance Service, Hamad Medical Corporation.

A villa partially damaged by a fire in Ain Khaled yesterday morning. Mayan Vavallatte​

Some witnesses claimed that the fire broke out in a supermarket and spread to other shops. There was no official comment on the cause of fire.

Thick black smoke coming out of the market could be seen from the Corniche. Social media was abuzz with people talking about possible causes of the blaze. “I am at Abu Hamour petrol station. I can see big smoke on my both sides,” a person tweeted. In Ain Khalid, witnesses said Civil Defence rushed to the spot and put out the fire in the morning.

On Saturday, four fire cases were reported in the Industrial Area and Al Shafi Street in Al Rayyan. About 80 accidents occurred on the third day of Eid, including 12 accidents major ones, Al Sharq reports. A man died in an accident when two cars collided in Matar Qadeem. No details were available. The Peninsula

 

Eid is time of joy and happiness and when such news spread it makes us sad.