KABUL – Gasoline tanker trucks here burst into flames overnight, killing at least seven people and starting large fires that caused power cuts to some parts of the Afghan capital.
The tankers were parked in northern Kabul and burst into flames late on Saturday, according to the Ministry of Interior. Fourteen people were injured.
Tariq Arian, the ministry of interior spokesman, said authorities were still investigating how the fire started and did not yet know the cause, but he ruled out a “terrorist incident.”
Afghanistan’s Chamber of Commerce spokesman Jan Aqa Naweed said that hundreds of containers that held both fuel and foodstuffs worth millions of dollars had been damaged.(Reuters)
