![Fire at Wholesale Market](http://dohanews.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/fire-at-wholesale-771x571.jpg)
In a two or three-hour-long effort, Civil Defense has put out a large fire behind the Kilo Market in Abu Hamour this afternoon, as well as a separate blaze at a waste treatment center off of E-Ring Road.
Residents reported seeing smoke in the Wholesale Market area shortly before 1pm.
![Smoke from fire at Omani market](http://dohanews.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/fire-omani-market-336x189.jpg)
Traffic diversions were put in place around the market and Al Fazaa police cordoned off the area.
The fire appeared to originate near the Omani souq, which is a popular marketplace for buying dates.
One witness told Doha News that the blaze started after a nearby supermarket caught fire. Civil Defense and Fazaa declined to comment, but the Ministry of Interior tweeted that firefighters are working to control the blaze:
اندلاع حريق في عدد من المحلات في السوق المركزي والجهات المعنية باشرت اجراءاتها في الموقع #الداخلية_قطر
— وزارة الداخلية – قطر (@MOI_Qatar) July 19, 2015
Around 2:45pm, the MOI said the fire had been brought under control and added that there were no injuries:
تمت محاصرة حريق السوق المركزي دون مصابين وتتم الآن عملية التبريد وطرد الدخان
— وزارة الداخلية – قطر (@MOI_Qatar) July 19, 2015
Thick, black smoke could be seen billowing from the area as far as the Corniche this afternoon, prompting residents to wonder what happened:
@dohanews my dad was driving near Aramex and saw a high cloud of smoke. Just wanted to make sure there wasn't another one!
— Lulu Mohamad-Ali (@LuluMohamadAli) July 19, 2015
I am at Abuhamour petrol station. I can see big smoke on my both sides. Industrial Area & Salwa Road. Anyone know more? @qatarday @dohanews
— Fawmy Samad ® (@Fawmy) July 19, 2015
Fire broke down near medical commission? @dohanews @qatarliving pic.twitter.com/cYQFosa4Rv
— Yoshika Kehelpannala (@Yoshika_04) July 19, 2015
https://twitter.com/abtaylorrr/status/622726132626907137
Meanwhile, another fire broke out at the waste treatment center off of E-Ring Road, but that blaze was quickly brought under control, according to witnesses.
https://twitter.com/Bu3of_Manna3i/status/622728012929216513
Summer is fire season in Qatar, and the country has already seen more than a dozen big blazes this month.
According to the Peninsula, there were four fire-related incidences around town yesterday, including three in the Industrial Area and one in Al Rayyan.
Thoughts?