Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu)
27 July 2011
Mogadishu — A huge fire has sparked at a market in Elasha Biyaha neighborhood, just outside of volatile Mogadishu, witnesses told Shabelle radio on Wednesday
The fire initially started at fuel store in Elasha Biyaha, a home for thousands of people fled from the violence of the capital years ago, according to an eyewitness.
He stated huge plumes of smokes skyrocketing from top of fuel store and fire intensified and speared to new business centers.
A large amount of privately owned properties had been destroyed by the big fire, according to the residents there. However, the reason remains unknown.
The fire location was very close to the Al shabaab based station and fighters of the group started firing on the air after the fire blaze sparked to disperse the crowd of people gathered to watch or put out the fire.
No fatal casualties of the people were so far reported though the local residents, businessmen and Al shabaab officials there are doing more efforts to extinguish the big fire.
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Fire Sparks At a Market in Elasha IDPs Neighborhood Just Outside of Mogadishu