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2021-02-15 Afghanistan
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Major Fire Breaks Out at Herat Customs Office, Costs 100s of Millions of Dollars
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[ToloNews] Major fire broke out at the customs office in Islam Qala border town in the western province of Herat
...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns...
on Saturday afternoon, the provincial governor Waheed Qatali said.
The governor said that they lack the required facilities to extinguish the blaze; therefore, they have sought Iranian government and the Resolute Support’s help.
"We have spoken with the Resolute Support, the Ministry of Defense and the National Directorate of Security
...the Afghan national intel agency...
," said the governor.
Eyewitnesses said that dozens of fuel trucks have caught fire, which is spreading.
Local officials have not commented on possible casualties in the incident but said the fire has left huge financial losses to investors.
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was disconnected in Herat after the fire damaged a 132-kilovolt power transmission line, the country’s power distributor, Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat, said.
Herat officials said the fire broke out after a fuel truck went kaboom! .
"People were scared. They were fleeing the area. We also left the area and went home," said Din Mohammad, an eyewitness of the incident.
"Everyone was terrified. They were escaping. Cars were stuck," said Khalil Ahmad, an eyewitness.
The chamber of commerce and investment in Herat said the fire has left major economic losses to investors.
"The damages of the fire are not clear so far, but it is extremely concerning and it has made us upset. Such incidents are a shock to the private sector," said Yunus Qazizada, head of the chamber of commerce and investment in Herat.
Herat Fire Costs ‘100s of Millions of Dollars’ to Investors
[ToloNews] The massive fire at the border town of Islam Qala, 120 kilometers west of Herat
...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns...
city, has inflicted hundreds of millions of dollars in financial damage to investors who kept their goods parked at the area and distributed them to other parts of the country once they were cleared through customs.
Unconfirmed figures show that thousands of vehicles carrying fuel and mostly imported goods have been damaged.
The fire was fully extinguished after almost 24 hours on Sunday afternoon, according to the Ministry of Finance, which said a team has been assigned to measure the damages caused by the blaze.
"Over the last two years, we were shouting and telling the president and vice first president and all leaders that there is no infrastructure in Islam Qala customs office... No one heard our voice," said Yunus Qazizada, head of Herat Chamber of Commerce and Investment.
Local officials said some goods and even trucks were looted following the blaze.
The Ministry of Finance said that the investors who have suffered damage in the fire will be compensated.
"After it is assessed and all damages are measured, the delegation will make a proposal to the president on how to compensate," said Amina Ahmadi, head of customs office of the Ministry of Finance.
"Our cars have been burned. Three cars from our relatives were burned. Each cost 30,000 to 35,000 dollars and no one helped us," said Abdul Zahir, a driver.
"The delegation has cordoned off the area. The soldiers take 2,000 Afs from this route and 3,000 Afs for entrance through that route," said Noor Ahmad, a driver, referring to saving their goods after the fire was extinguished.
Iranian firefighters also took part in extinguishing the fire. They arrived at the scene on Saturday evening, said officials.
"We are here to help our Afghan brothers. We entered Afghanistan yesterday. The blaze was very wide yesterday at 4 pm," said Mohsin Asadi, an Iranian firefighter.
Herat officials said that 17 people sustained injuries in the incident. The fire started after a fuel truck went kaboom! , officials said, adding that the blaze extended very quickly.
The Taliban has regularly attacked fuel tankers they suspect of supplying foreign troops in the country.
In 2014, the hardline group destroyed more than 200 fuel trucks on Kabul's outskirts in an attack.
There was no indication that militants were behind Saturday's blaze.
However, insurgents assaulted a nearby security post shortly after the blaze broke out, taking advantage of the situation, Farhad said Saturday.
Security forces have been deployed around the port area.
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