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5 of a family dead in Herat fire

Monitoring Desk

HERAT CITY: Five members of a family including women and children have been dead in a fire, an official said on Tuesday. Abdul Ahad Walizadah, provincial police spokesman, told Pajhwok the fire erupted in a residential compound in Mahal Naw locality of the second police district of Herat city, the provincial capital, late on Monday night. He added five members of a family were killed in the fire and an investigation into the incident was underway. Walizadah said that a woman, man and three children were among the dead.

The Provincial Civil Hospital officials confirmed the incident but said they did not receive victims of the incident to the hospital. (Pajhwok)

The Frontier Post

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