KHARTOUM (Reuters) – A fire broke out at a small warehouse in a Sudanese military arms factory on Friday, state news agency SUNA reported, and has been brought under control.
Witnesses told Reuters they heard a number of explosions and saw flames and thick smoke rising from the factory compound south of the capital Khartoum.
The factory is located alongside a number of other military facilities in the densely populated district of Al-Shagara.
The interior ministry said six ambulances rushed to the factory compound and there were no immediate reports of casualties.
Reporting by Khalid Abdelaziz in Sudan; Additional reporting by Hesham Abdelkhalek and Ahmed Tolba in Cairo; Editing by Chris Reese and Chizu Nomiyama
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