Large Fire In Khartoum After Attack On Weapons’ Store

An exetremely large fire was reported in a building in Sudan’s capital Khartoum, hours after warring parties announced another ceasefire that seemed to have collapsed.

Reports has it lately, that the fire spread after an attack at a weapons’ store.

A civilian activist group, the Khartoum Resistance Committee, posted on Twitter footage of the fire, saying it spread from Muhannad’s weapons shop in Khartoum 2 area.

It said the fire was “big” and that firefighters could not be reached.

Moments later, the committee said all the families trapped in the building near the fire had been evacuated. It’s not clear who evacuated them.

The Sudanese military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had agreed a 24-hour humanitarian ceasefire on Tuesday, but the truce collapsed within minutes of its proposed launch at 18:00 local time.

A new ceasefire with the same timing was put forward by the RSF on Wednesday. The army said it would abide by the truce – but gunfire could still be heard across the capital.

On Thursday morning, there were reported clashes in several locations in the city.

BBC/Jide Johnson.