Doha souq is on fire

When looking out of the window in the morning I saw black smoke emerging in front of us -around 1 km far from al Khaleej street ... then it turned out that it was in the souq Dera near Rawnaq shop ... the faulty A/C is said to have caused the problem and it is still out of control ... more than four hours after it started I still see the smoke but it is smaller

Update :the fire was put out after four hours fighting . Read about the shops which were gutted here .

SO Middle Eastern
The direction of Mekka is shown on the mirror of a hotel room in Doha .

CONTRASTS IN QATAR

an old district in Mammoura,Doha
and the futuristic zig zag buildings in a new district


see my next post about summer with kids in qatar