A massive fire broke out late Sunday at a hospital in the Afghan capital Kabul, causing major damage to medicine supplies and x-ray equipment but no injuries, police and doctors said.
NATO-led forces rushed to the public Jamhuriyet hospital with tanker trucks to help put out the blaze, which police said erupted at about 9:30 pm (1700 GMT) and was only doused nearly four hours later.
The flames at the hospital could be seen several kilometres (miles) away.
"There were no victims but the material damage is significant," said doctor Abdel Aleem Rahim, noting that x-ray and ultrasound equipment had been kept in the building destroyed by the flames.
The doctor and police said a short circuit could be to blame.
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