Emergency: Valuables worth Rs10.85m burnt

Rescue officials said their effort had helped save valuables worth Rs6 million

DERA GHAZI KHAN: Valuables worth Rs10.85 million burned on Friday when a shop caught fire in Saddar, Rescue-1122 officials said. No injuries were reported.

They said the fire, which had broken out due to an electric short circuit, had spread to a garments’ shop and a snooker club. They said they had evacuated six nearby shops to avoid further damage. They said their effort had helped save valuables worth Rs6 million.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 3^rd, 2014.