JALALABAD, Afghanistan, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Properties and goods worth more than 1 million U.S. dollars have been burned to ashes as a hotel caught fire in Jalalabad city, the provincial capital of Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province, a provincial government official said Thursday.
Qurishi Badlon, a public relations officer of the provincial government, confirmed to Xinhua that the fire broke out in the Chardehi Hotel in Police District 1 of Jalalabad city on Wednesday afternoon, burned the goods and belongings to ashes within an hour.
Badlon blamed a circuit shock for the fire, adding that with the timely arrival of the firefighters, the fire was extinguished and properties worth about 100 million dollars were saved from the flames.
