One killed as fire erupts in 11-storey building in Karachi

KARACHI (Dunya News) – A 11-storey building in Clifton area of Karachi caught fire on Sunday and claimed the life of atleast one person.

The incident occurred at 4:30 am in Block-4 of Clifton.

On getting information, four vehicles of fire brigade reached the scene however; more fire tenders were called in after observing the intensity of the blaze.

Power provision in the area was suspended as a result of the inferno.

Atleast 12 tenders and one snorkel doused the fire after a hectic effort of four hours.

A large number of people including women and children were rescued from the building with the help of the snorkel.

Some were found unconscious on the roof and were brought out of the building on stretcher through stairs.

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They were shifted to hospital where one person was pronounced dead.

Sindh Minister for Local Government Jam Khan Shoro also arrived at the place and reviewed the situation.

This was the four fire the erupted in three days.

Two factories and a rice storehouse caught fire on Friday that landed Fire Brigade department in hot waters for not being equipped adequately to handle such situation.

Reportedly, the brigade has 25 firefighting vehicles for a city of over 20 million residents while majority of its vehicles are out of order.

Goods worth millions of rupees were reduced to ashes in the incident, however; no life loss was reported.

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There have been many such incidents in the past in Karachi when factories have caught claiming lives and causing millions of losses.

The worst of all such incidents in Karachi is when a factory in Baldia Town caught fire in 2012 claiming lives of over 250 workers and leaving at least 600 with burns.

A case is underway in a court pertaining to the issue as an extortion demand by armed wing of a political party was revealed soon after the tragedy.