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A massive blaze has destroyed the central market in the northern Somali city of Hargeisa, wiping out hundreds of small businesses, officials said on Saturday. Fierce flames tore through the Waheen market late on Friday, sending huge clouds of smoke billowing into the night sky over Hargeisa, the capital of the breakaway region of Somaliland.
A massive blaze destroyed the central market in the capital of Somaliland, wiping out hundreds of small businesses, officials said on Saturday. Fierce flames tore through Hargeisa’s Waheen open market late on Friday, sending huge clouds of smoke billowing into the night sky. The cause of the inferno that engulfed the sprawling market — the economic heart of the city, and home to an estimated 2,000 shops and stalls — is not yet known. Officials issued urgent appeals for help to recover from the disaster that injured more than two dozen people and is certain to inflict further hardship on ...
But it appears that nobody was killed though 28 people were injured. The blaze is a setback for the city of 1.2 million people, capital of the unrecognized Republic of Somaliland.
Hundreds of businesses are destroyed in the main market of Hargeisa in an overnight blaze.
Cause of blaze at Waheen market in Hargeisa, which destroyed hundreds of businesses, is not yet known