Electric short circuit: Four shops gutted in Saddar fire

KARACHI: At least four shops in Umer Farooqui Cloth Market near Empress Market were gutted in a fire in Saddar on Sunday night. The fire department officials sent five fire tenders to the site. Only three clothes shops and one of shoes were burnt down. Due to their timely efforts, the firefighters managed to save other shops from being burnt to ashes. No casualties were reported but the firefighters managed to douse the fire after two hours. Initial findings suggest the blaze broke out due to an electric short-circuit.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 24^th, 2013.