Shops gutted in fire near Dua chowk Karachi

On March 22, two children and their mother killed on Friday as short circuit fire broke out at their house at Jamshed road near electricity house in Karachi. According to reports, the fire broke out due to short circuit in the house. The bodies of the deceased were moved to the hospital, while further investigation into the incident was underway. In a separate incident of fire incident in March, 2018, at least four people, two children were burnt to death after a fire broke out in a house in a neighborhood of Lahore. Police said the fire erupted in a servant quarter of the house in Wapda Town, where a man, his wife and their two children were residing. The raging fire burned the households to death in no time. After being informed of the fire, fire fighters and rescue teams had reached the spot immediately and doused the blaze. Pakistan Navy’s helicopters and fire tenders took part in the rescue operation. Fire brigade officials said that the fire which had engulfed five to six floors of the building has been doused. “The fire erupted owing to a short circuit on the fourth floor of the building and spread through electrical wires,” the fire brigade officials continued. Ten fire tenders, two snorkels and a water browser doused the fire, the fire brigade officials added.