Urban Search and Rescue Wing of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) on Friday recovered the body of a person who was burnt in the fire that erupted in the United Bank Limited (UBL) building on Thursday.
The CDA officials recovered the body of Ghulam Fareed son of Abdul Kareem, a resident of Attock district, from the eighth floor of the UBL building. The search and rescue team of the CDA which found the body during a rescue operation shafted it to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) for autopsy.
The body was handed over to the deceased’s relatives after completing the legal process. The hospital sources said that the body of the deceased had been completely burnt.
The fire broke out on the eighth floor of the UBL building located at Jinnah Avenue near Red Zone at 8:45am along the right side of the building and engulfed the other storeys soon. Apparently, the fire erupted due to short circuit. The chief commissioner, however, ordered an enquiry and the real cause of the fire would be ascertained after the completion of the probe. The fire completely destroyed two floors of the building and damaged the other floors partially.
