Roadside bomb targets US convoy, causes large blaze

By SPA,

Baghdad : Iraqi police say a dozen fire trucks and other equipment have been brought in to fight a large fire in eastern Baghdad, the Associated Press reported.


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Police say the blaze broke out early Monday morning after a roadside bomb exploded next to a U.S. military convoy.

An officer said the blast damaged an armored Humvee. It also set fire to nearby shops and spread to other stalls in a large marketplace. More than a dozen U.S. and Iraqi firefighting vehicles rushed to the scene to put out the blaze.

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