Official, Witnesses: Explosives Likely Started Mogadishu Market Fire

Somali police stand guard after an explosion at a shopping mall area that caused fire at the Bakara market in Mogadishu, March 10, 2024. Firefighters arrive to extinguish a fire at the Baraka market after an explosion in the shopping area in Mogadishu, March 10, 2024.

Explosives likely caused a huge fire that gutted a section of Mogadishu’s biggest market, Bakara, on Sunday, an official and witnesses in the Somali capital said.