Over 100 shops catch fire following 2 blasts Pakistan

 
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Over 100 shops caught fire following two gas cylinder explosions late Sunday night in Pakistan's southwest city of Quetta, sources told Xinhua.

Fire rages in a shop after two blasts in a local market in southwest Pakistan's Quetta on July 25, 2010. Over 100 shops caught fire following two gas cylinder explosions which occurred late Sunday night in Quetta. [Iqbal Hussain/Xinhua]

Fire rages in a shop after two blasts in a local market in southwest Pakistan's Quetta on July 25, 2010. Over 100 shops caught fire following two gas cylinder explosions which occurred late Sunday night in Quetta. [Iqbal Hussain/Xinhua] 



One explosion took place at a market while the other was close to a gas station.

About ten fire engines rushed to the scene to quench the flame caused by the blasts, said the sources.

So far no casualties have been reported, and police have ruled out the possibility of terrorist attack.

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