Burnt to ashes: Fire breaks out in two food outlets
The cause of the blaze could not be ascertained.
The cause of the blaze could not be ascertained. PHOTO: FILE
ISLAMABAD:
A fire broke out in two food outlets in one of the federal capital’s posh sectors on Friday.
The fire first broke out in a Subway outlet in Jinnah Super Market, causing huge losses to the owner.
Fortunately, no one was present inside when the incident occurred as workers had gone for Friday prayers.
The cause of the fire could not be ascertained.
“When I opened the door I saw smoke billowing out and immediately informed a security guard for help. Before he could call fire-fighters, the flames had engulfed the whole shop,” said one of the workers of the outlet.
The fire was so massive that no one could go closer, eyewitnesses said. “The fire spread to the second floor in less than two minutes,” Sajid Abbas, one of the eye-witnesses said.
According to them, the fire soon engulfed the adjoining food outlet, Cherry Berry. By the time the fire-fighters of the Capital Development Authority reached the spot, everything insides both the food outlets had gutted.
It took 20 minutes to the fire-fighters to extinguish the blaze. A rescue team had also reached the site. However, no any of the workers were present inside.
Though there was a security and fire extinguishing system in the Cherry Berry outlet, it did not work causing a loss of about Rs25 million to the owner.
“We have collected the video recording of the fire incident and why the fire extinguishing system didn’t work,” said a representative of a company that had installed the security system in Cherry Berry outlet. He did not share the name of the company.
“Short-circuit could be the cause of the fire as the outlet had been locked by the workers before going for the Friday prayers,” said Brig (retd) Simon Sharaf, owner of the Subway. He, however, did not share the loss he suffered due to fire. He ruled out the possibility of an act of sabotage.
Meanwhile, a fire also broke out in an unregistered factory in the Pindora locality in Rawalpindi on Friday.
Muhammad Waqas, a rescue official, told The Express Tribune that the fire broke out in a vermicelli factory that was set up in a house as one of the workers had thrown a burning cigarette. Goods worth Rs50,000 were gutted in the fire, sources said. Ten fire-fighters took part to douse the blaze.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 19th, 2014.
A fire broke out in two food outlets in one of the federal capital’s posh sectors on Friday.
The fire first broke out in a Subway outlet in Jinnah Super Market, causing huge losses to the owner.
Fortunately, no one was present inside when the incident occurred as workers had gone for Friday prayers.
The cause of the fire could not be ascertained.
“When I opened the door I saw smoke billowing out and immediately informed a security guard for help. Before he could call fire-fighters, the flames had engulfed the whole shop,” said one of the workers of the outlet.
The fire was so massive that no one could go closer, eyewitnesses said. “The fire spread to the second floor in less than two minutes,” Sajid Abbas, one of the eye-witnesses said.
According to them, the fire soon engulfed the adjoining food outlet, Cherry Berry. By the time the fire-fighters of the Capital Development Authority reached the spot, everything insides both the food outlets had gutted.
It took 20 minutes to the fire-fighters to extinguish the blaze. A rescue team had also reached the site. However, no any of the workers were present inside.
Though there was a security and fire extinguishing system in the Cherry Berry outlet, it did not work causing a loss of about Rs25 million to the owner.
“We have collected the video recording of the fire incident and why the fire extinguishing system didn’t work,” said a representative of a company that had installed the security system in Cherry Berry outlet. He did not share the name of the company.
“Short-circuit could be the cause of the fire as the outlet had been locked by the workers before going for the Friday prayers,” said Brig (retd) Simon Sharaf, owner of the Subway. He, however, did not share the loss he suffered due to fire. He ruled out the possibility of an act of sabotage.
Meanwhile, a fire also broke out in an unregistered factory in the Pindora locality in Rawalpindi on Friday.
Muhammad Waqas, a rescue official, told The Express Tribune that the fire broke out in a vermicelli factory that was set up in a house as one of the workers had thrown a burning cigarette. Goods worth Rs50,000 were gutted in the fire, sources said. Ten fire-fighters took part to douse the blaze.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 19th, 2014.