A fire has apparently broken out at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, amid ongoing evacuation efforts.
Video footage shows a cloud of smoke rising from the airport.
Now – Kabul airport pic.twitter.com/nC0kSFBqBb
— Muslim Shirzad (@MuslimShirzad) August 23, 2021
News of the blaze broke on Monday evening local time. Little is known about the fire’s severity or origin, but videos posted to social media show a hazy cloud of smoke rising from the airport, which has been the focal point of US and Western evacuation efforts for the past week.
