A fire broke out at Kilo Market in Wholesale Market in Abu Hamour yesterday afternoon, damaging nearly a dozen shops, Qatar daily The Peninsula reported.

No causalities were reported but some people sustained minor injuries. Another fire was also reported in a villa in Ain Khalid, but nobody was injured.

Around 12.30pm, residents in Abu Hamour alerted Civil Defence after spotting smoke coming from shops in the market.

They said the fire appeared to have broken out near the Omani Souq. A Civic Defence team reached the spot and doused the blaze by around 2.45pm. The damaged outlets included two supermarkets involved in wholesale business near the souq.

The Civil Defence managed to control the fire broke out in some shops in central market, No injuries.

— Ministry of Interior (@MOI_QatarEn) July 19, 2015

Al Fazaa Police was at the scene too and cordoned off the area to divert traffic flow coming into the popular market.

"Six ambulance arrived and took the injured to hospital," said Hussain Mohamed Kharmous, Assistant Director, Ambulance Service, Hamad Medical Corporation.

Some witnesses claimed that the fire broke out in a supermarket and spread to other shops. There was no official comment on the cause of fire.

Thick black smoke coming out of the market could be seen from the Corniche. Social media was abuzz with people talking about possible causes of the blaze.

Fire broke down near medical commission? @dohanews @qatarliving pic.twitter.com/cYQFosa4Rv

— Yoshika Kehelpannala (@Yoshika_04) July 19, 2015

We're getting reports of fire on Salwa road. Anyone else got more info? http://t.co/SB5762lLyU pic.twitter.com/lWY7mXfexB

— Qatar Living (@qatarliving) July 19, 2015

On Saturday, four fire cases were reported in the Industrial Area and Al Shafi Street in Al Rayyan. About 80 accidents occurred on the third day of Eid, including 12 accidents major ones, Al Sharq reports. A man died in an accident when two cars collided in Matar Qadeem. No details were available. [The Peninsula]