(MENAFN - Pajhwok Afghan News) (Pajhwok): A fire gutted three shops near the Khatimun Nabiyeen University in Kabul on Saturday morning, an official said.

Police spokesman Basir Mujahid told Pajhwok Afghan News the fire occurred in inside a fuel shop in an auto workshop in the 3rd police district at around 8:30am.

He said three shops were gutted before firefighters extinguished the blaze.

An eyewitness, Mohammad Yousaf, said an explosion was heard in the area but later he came to know that a gas cylinder blast triggered the fires at the fuel shop.

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