Fire destroys 100 fuel tankers on Afghanistan-Iran border


A wounded man receives medical treatment at the burns ward at a hospital in Herat yesterday after more than 100 fuel tankers caught fire at Islam Qala port, some 120km from the western city of Hera. – AFP pic, February 14, 2021.

AT least 100 oil and gas tankers have been destroyed by an inferno at Afghanistan’s biggest trade crossing with Iran, causing millions of dollars of losses, officials said today. 

The huge blaze, which broke out yesterday afternoon at Islam Qala port 120km from the western city of Herat, has largely been extinguished and an investigation has been launched to probe its cause.


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