At least six people died and twenty others were injured in a fire that has not yet been able to be controlled in a commercial area last night in the Pakistani city of Karachithe most populated of Pakistan.
“Last night six people died and more than twenty were injured in a fire at Karachi’s Gul Plaza“, he told EFE this Sunday Hassan Khanemergency service spokesperson Rescue 1122 in Karachi.
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According to Khan, the fire occurred in a multi-story commercial area and has not yet been completely controlled.
“Rescue efforts continue and it may take one or two more days to completely extinguish the fire.”said the Rescue 1122 service.
Fires are common in large Pakistani cities – such as the southern Karachi, which has more than 10 million inhabitants – usually due to the absence of adequate prevention measures.
Furthermore, the state of the wiring in the buildings and the access difficulties for extinguishing equipment make it difficult to control the fires once they break out.
On July 10, 2024, a massive fire at a famous market in Islamabad It destroyed more than 300 commercial posts.
In June 2024, at least 80 shops were destroyed and three people were injured in a fire in the city of Peshawarwhen a fire broke out in an informal infrastructure located next to the train tracks.
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