Rawalpindi: Bahria Town firefighters and rescuers helped put out a fire in Rawalpindi on Tuesday. According to details, an oil tanker caught fire in Gulrez area. The fire then spread to an adjoining shopping plaza. Bahria Town firefighters and ambulances were the first one to respond and reach the site of the incident. They put out the fire after hectic efforts of an hour and a half. The firefighters used state-of-the-art fluoroprotein foam to put out the fire that had engulfed the oil tanker. The teams shifted several injured to the Safari Hospital, Bahria Town. No deaths were reported in the incident. Eyewitnesses said that the Bahria Town firefighters’ quick response had saved lives and reduced damage to the minimum. They praised the rescue teams and said that the fire could have spread to more shopping plazas if the Bahria Town rescue teams had not reached the site. In the past, Bahria Town rescuers played a similar role in rescue efforts following the Ghakhar Plaza fire incident and Marriott Hotel and Karachi Airport attacks.