Fire guts new Aristoc shop

A man walks past Aristoc Bookshop that caught fire. Photo by Abubaker Lubowa.

Traffic along Kampala road was on Wednesday morning shortly paralysed after fire gutted Aristoc Bookshop on Insurance House.
According to eye witnesses, the fire resulted from sparks from welding. Technicians were welding bookshelves inside the new bookshop on Insurance House. The bookshop was in the process of shifting from its home opposite Insurance House on Kampala Road.
The heavy smoke emitted from the fire also affected the neighbouring businesses like Bata, Peace Restaurant, Kodak, among others which were closed for some time.
Police Fire Brigade came shortly after the fire had started and managed to extinguish it.