Fire in furniture warehouse in Qamishlo

A fire broke out in the morning in a furniture warehouse in Qamishlo. Residents alerted the fire department when thick clouds of smoke rose from the building. The cause of the fire is guessed to be a short circuit in a fuse box.

A fire broke out in a furniture warehouse in the city Qamişlo in the northeast of Syria early on Tuesday morning. The fire brigade was able to prevent the flames from spreading to adjacent residential buildings and extinguish the fire after several hours. The building in the Siyahî neighborhood was said to contain several oil barrels, which accelerated the fire.

According to initial investigations, a short circuit in a fuse box may have been the cause of the fire. The damage caused by the fire is said to be the equivalent of about 35,000 euros.