The situation in Isani Basor is tense. The confrontation took place between the Isani Market Administration and the affected traders.

Traders lay responsibility for the fire on the administration. Administration of the market say that the owners of the shops were to get insurance.

However, one of the traders said that the fire broke out in a diner on the market and quickly spread to shops where fast-flammable substances were sold.

Traders are not allowed to enter the territory and they have difficulty determining the amount of damage. At this time, the Patrol Police is mobilized at Isani Market.

According to the statement of the security service, the expert-criminalists are working at the place of the accident.

Davit Gelashvili, deputy head of the Tbilisi Division of the Emergency Management Agency of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, stated that fire at Isani market is completely liquidated and there is no danger of emergence of new foci.

The fire broke out in Isani market area. More than 20 fire-rescue teams and more than 100 firefighters have been trying to liquidate the fire for several hours.

The cause of the fire is unknown yet. Investigation is ongoing.