UPDATE | 6:50am Tuesday
The Ministry of Interior did eventually update English-speaking resident about yesterday’s fire in Al Saleya:
Civil Defence contained a fire outbreak in cabins and wooden houses of workers at a farm in Al-Silia without any casualties two hours ago.
UPDATE | 4:44 pm
The area in which the fire broke out could have contained flammable materials because:
@dohanews actually the farms in sailiyah are sublet by their owners to many companies for storing materials at a cheaper rent
— P Mohamed Shabeeb (@pmshabeeb) June 25, 2012
@dohanews these warehouses store even flammable items. But operate without the approval of the municipality or the fire department.
— P Mohamed Shabeeb (@pmshabeeb) June 25, 2012
UPDATE | 4:37 pm
Here’s some video near the scene, from Abdullah Arbabi, who said the fire grew due to the presence of a lot of wood and other flammable materials.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3q34og2P9k]UPDATE | 4:33 pm
According to MOI’s Arabic Twitter account, the fire broke out in a farm area in Al-Saleya:
تجري الآن عملية السيطرة على حريق اندلع في كبائن ومنازل خشبية لعمال في احدى المزارع بمنطقة السيلية ..
— وزارة الداخلية – قطر (@MOI_Qatar) June 25, 2012
UPDATE | 4:20 pm
The smoke, which was seen as early as 2:45pm, seems to be finally abating. On Facebook, Susana Awad Yassin writes:
Fire under control. No more heavy smoke. Slowly fading. Can see from my house.
UPDATE | 3:59pm
The origins of the fire are in dispute. Here are some of the reports:
@dohanews My husband is at military base on edge of industrial area and says it is northwest of them, not in industrial area.
— Sara Salley (@SaraSalley) June 25, 2012
@SaraSalley @dohanews it is in a farm. Some small wooden houses that are used by laborers are on fire.
— Mohammed AL-Tamimi (@Liberaltamimi) June 25, 2012
Fire on the exit 17 of salwa road, doha twitter.com/ramezhourani/s…
— Ramez Hourani (@ramezhourani) June 25, 2012
A fire appears to have broken out in/near the Industrial Area on Monday afternoon, with plumes of black smoke visible as far as West Bay.
There are reports that police and Civil Defense were making their way to the scene.
Anyone know more?
Credit: Top photo by Rashid Bin Hamad; Second photo by Fsl_84
