House fire contained in Balkh province
Hafiz Mohammad Isa Waseq, spokesperson for the Balkh provincial police, said that a residential house in the seventh security district of Mazar-e-Sharif caught fire, but the blaze was quickly brought under control thanks to the swift response of the provincial police’s emergency and firefighting units.
According to Waseq, the fire caused an estimated 5,000 Afghanis in damage to household goods, while the timely intervention prevented losses of about 400,000 Afghanis to nearby properties.
The incident was reportedly caused by carelessness in the use of household appliances, he added.
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