Last week’s deadly blaze at the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) plaza at Edgerton Road was caused by short-circuiting, a report confirmed on Thursday.
According to the final report, Rescue 1122 was informed very late about the incident, which caused the delay in rescue activities.
Initially, the fire erupted at seventh floor of the building. The first rescue vehicle to arrive at the scene was approximately after 30 minutes of the fire eruption. There was a stiff breeze blowing at that part of the day which caused spread of the fire at a very fast pace and within 30 minutes, it had engulfed the eighth and ninth floors partially as well, the report said.
The firefighters struggled for 24 hours to extinguish the blaze and 28 people were confirmed dead in the incident.
Earlier, a private news channel reported that the cause of the fire was not short-circuiting as the electricity division box had not been burnt. The channel claimed that LDA records were burnt after taking them out of the cupboards as the fire could not infiltrate the cupboards.
