Charred wreckage of fuel tankers at the Islam Qala border crossing in Herat province captured on 1 October 2026 — at least 18 tankers were fully engulfed and three others partially damaged, according to the National Disaster Management Authority. (Photo: Xinhua via NationPress)
A gutted fuel tanker photographed at the Islam Qala border crossing, Herat province, on 1 October 2026 after a fire that destroyed at least 18 tankers and partially damaged three more, per the National Disaster Management Authority. (Photo: Xinhua via NationPress)
The scene at the Islam Qala border crossing in Herat province, Afghanistan on 1 October 2026, where a Wednesday evening fire reportedly destroyed at least 18 fuel tankers outright and left three others partially damaged. (Photo: Xinhua via NationPress)
Scenes from the fire aftermath at the Islam Qala border crossing, Herat, on 1 October 2026. The National Disaster Management Authority confirmed the blaze broke out on Wednesday evening, consuming at least 18 fuel tankers entirely. (Photo: Xinhua via NationPress)
The National Disaster Management Authority announced on Thursday, 1 October 2026 that the Islam Qala blaze affected a total of 21 tankers — 18 fully destroyed and 3 partially damaged — at the key crossing in western Afghanistan's Herat province. (Photo: Xinhua via NationPress)
Images from 1 October 2026 document the extent of destruction at the Islam Qala border crossing in western Afghanistan, where a fire on Wednesday evening gutted at least 18 fuel tankers and partially damaged three more, according to the National Disaster Management Authority. (Photo: Xinhua via NationPress)