Residents of Kabul reported a powerful explosion in the "Company" area, located in the fifth district of Kabul city, on Saturday evening, November 2. Kabul residents said that the blast caused flames and smoke could be seen billowing from a distance.

Khalid Zadran, a spokesman for the Taliban's police command in Kabul, confirmed that a gas station caught fire in Qala-e-Haider Khan, located in Kabul's Paghman district.

Zadran said that fire brigades have arrived at the scene of the incident and the officials are trying to contain the fire as soon as possible.

The Taliban official has not yet provided information about the possible casualties from the incident.

Residents of Kabul reported several powerful explosions in Kabul on Saturday evening, November 2.

Residents of Kabul said that the sound of the explosions was so loud that it was heard in large parts of the city, but the main cause of the explosion and the extent of its possible casualties have not yet been clarified.

In videos obtained by Afghanistan International, flames and smoke can be seen billowing from the fire from different parts of the city.