No injuries: Fire at dye factory in New Karachi causes significant damage

Millions of rupees worth of goods were destroyed but no casualties have been reported.

KARACHI: A fire broke out at a dye factory located in the Gabol Town area of New Karachi at noon, destroying millions of rupees worth of goods but no loss of life was reported.

The factory administration immediately informed the fire department, who reached the factory but by that time the blaze had already engulfed the entire factory and barrels of chemicals had exploded. According to fire department's spokesperson, six fire trucks and a water bowser were dispatched to the site.

Most of the employees working in the factory managed to escape the building when the fire broke out. The firefighters, with the help of volunteers from different welfare organisations and law enforcers, broke the windows and walls of the building in order to evacuate the remaining labourers inside the factory.

Though the fire brigade department has yet to issue a final report about the cause of the fire, the initial report stated that short-circuit was the cause. The firemen were able to put out the fire after three hours of concentrated efforts.

An extra contingent of law enforcers reached the site to disperse the people gathered around the burning factory. Police officials said that nobody was hurt in the fire, while goods worth millions of rupees were destroyed, adding that no case has been registered as the fire broke out accidentally.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 30^th, 2015.