No Casualties In Balkh Prison Fire

MEP: UPDATED: Balkh provincial officials said the fire at the prison in the province was controlled.

Sher Jan Durrani, a spokesman for Balkh police said the fire engulfed in one of the rooms of the prison that had occurred on Wednesday morning, has been extinguished by the firefighters.

Durrani added the fire occurred due to short circuited transmission line and did not have any casualties and financial losses.

No prisoners were also managed to escape due to the occurrence of fire, he further added.