KARACHI: Six firefighters were injured as the fire brigade attempted to control a blaze that erupted in a foam-manufacturing factory in Karachi’s SITE Area Thursday morning.
According to the residents of the area, the fire initially broke out at 8am and the fire brigade had completely doused it. However, it erupted again later in the day.
The fire burned down parts of the building to the ground, as ten fire tenders, a snorkel, and a water bowser remained engaged in efforts to douse it.
Earlier this year in April, a fire had raged in the property room of the City Courts Complex for approximately four hours. It was contained after fire brigade vehicles from all around the city were called on an emergency basis.
Multiple explosions had also been heard in the court’s evidence room, which usually houses items — including explosives — recovered from arrested suspects, as the fire had spread outwards, prompting a call to the bomb disposal squad.
