STORY: 6 killed, 9 injured due to gas factory fire in Afghanistan's Kabul
SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 3, 2024
DATELINE: Nov. 3, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:59
LOCATION: Kabul
CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the accident site in Kabul
2. SOUNDBITE (Dari): MOHAMMED HUSSIN ALIZADA, Head of a nearby plastic factory

STORYLINE:

Six people lost their lives and nine others were injured due to a big fire at a gas factory in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, local media outlet TOLOnews reported on Sunday.
   
The fire erupted Saturday afternoon in a gas factory in the Qala-e-Haidar Khan area of Paghman district, west of the Kabul city.
   
Noorullah Ansar, head of the natural disasters and firefighting department under the ministry of interior affairs, confirmed that six people were killed, with nine others injured.

SOUNDBITE (Dari): MOHAMMED HUSSIN ALIZADA, Head of a nearby plastic factory
"It was a big fire and we were neighbors near the place of fire. Our machinery has been burnt, our goods have been burnt, everything has been destroyed. We don't know what to do now."
   
According to the source, the economic losses are not yet determined and the cause of the fire is being investigated. 

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kabul.
(XHTV)