AKIPRESS.COM - Sultoni Kabir market fire damage is estimated at 3.5 million somoni ($400,000), Asia Plus reports citing the Interior Ministry spokesman  Umarjon Emomali.

The Dushanbe mayor’s office says more than 20 shops have been destroyed by the fire at the Sultoni Kabir market that occurred on June 2.

The fire reportedly broke out on the first floor of the six-story market at 8:30 pm of June 2 and an area of 1,230 square meters that housed more than 20 shops of household appliances was enveloped in flames.

No deaths were reported.