Daily Times

KARACHI: The Fire brigade department has succeeded to extinguish the fire after 16 hours of struggle but Goods worth Millions have been burnt down completely in a Tyre Warehouse situated in the Maripur area on Tuesday.

According to details, 14 fire tenders of Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) and Pakistan Navy (PN) which were busy in the rescue works whole day have run short of water.

The fire that broke out inside a Tyre warehouse of Karachi’s Mauripur area and the blaze suddenly erupted inside the warehouse at 02:00 AM. Four vehicles of fire brigade reached the spot to overcome it. The intensity of the fire was so high that it was declared as third degree blaze and all fire tenders of the city were called in.

The fire did not claim any human life, but the Tyre which have been burnt are worth millions of rupees. The smoke had spread all around the area and Pakistan Air Force (PAF) had to also join PN and fire brigade department to put the fire out.

The spokesman of Karachi Central Fire Station has informed that after 16 hours of hectic struggle the fire was brought down under control and Cooling was in process at the time of filing the news.