Somalia — MOGADISHU (Sh. M. Network) - Huge fire has devastated more fuel tanks and properties in the Somali capital Mogadishu after a business centers at KM5 was set to a fire in the south of the capital, witnesses and officials told Shabelle radio on Saturday.

Reports say that the inferno started at a garage around KM5 as it was set to a fire devastating all fuel tanks, barrels and more other properties around the area where it had started spreading to further buildings in the area.

The real reason of the fire is unclear so far.

More government and AMISOM troops with fire fighters had reached at the scene instantly and put it off.

The troops were reportedly opened fire to a crowd of people who gathered at the site to disperse the people who were including the business owners and more others who reportedly committing banditry actions, killing a civilian and wounding four others at the scene.

Wilo Hashi Nahar, one of the businesswomen whose property lost in the fire told Shabelle's Mohamed Bashir Hashi that the fire caused more casualties including loss of properties adding that it had started as something exploded.

Sources said that burning area was very close to Amira hotel around KM5 which is a house for government officials adding that parts of the hotel had been affected by the huge fire.

We contacted with the deputy governor of Banadir region Abdifatah Abdisalan to know more about the fire saying that they called for AMISOM's fire fighters and achieved to put it out disproving that looting happened at the area.

It is not the first time that fire startes in Mogadishu and cause loss of properties in the Somali capital Mogadishu.

By: Hassan Osman Abdi

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