One person wounded in warehouses fire in Manama

Defense forces in Bahrain on Sunday announced that one person was seriously wounded and that 18 warehouses were destroyed when fire erupted in one of Manama's markets.

The wounded man who was admitted to hospital over the strong burns, was standing near one of the warehouses where the fire took place, while most of other warehouses were closed.

Chairman of the defense force in Bahrain said that 50 firemen worked for more than 1.30 hours to control the fire and that the ministry of the interior in Bahrain had opened an investigation to this effect.