On Friday it was confirmed that four people died in a fire that exploded in a warehouse in Karachi the day before, which took the number of deaths to six, according to rescue officials.
A mass explosion took place inside a warehouse in a densely populated area near the Karachi Taj medical complex in Ma Jinnah Road yesterday afternoon, in which 33 people were injured and confirmed that two lost their lives.
Rescue 1122 said today that the number of deaths from the incident had increased to six after a fourth body was recovered. Syed Asad Raza, Southern Police Inspector, Syed Asad Raza, said today that two people had died during treatment, while three bodies were recovered from the site.
Police surgeon Dr. Sumaiya Syed said Dawn.com that the deaths occurred due to “multiple injuries to fall in love and suffocation.” She said that one died due to suffocation, and two other deaths occurred due to multiple injuries to fall in love, while the autopsy of two other bodies could not be performed.
Meanwhile, rescue-122 spokesman Hassaan Ul Haseb Khan Dawn.com That the fire was extinguished on Thursday around 5 pm, but cooling operations were still underway today. He said that the pump elimination equipment has examined the warehouse where fireworks were stored.
Dig Raza said that the Preedy police registered a case against the two owners of the installation, one of whom was injured, according to sections 34 (acts carried out by several people in promises of common intention), 285 (negligent behavior with respect to the fire or fuel matter), 286 (negligent behavior with respect to the explosive substance), 287 (conduct with respect to mechanism), 322 Explosive), 287 (conduct with respect for mechanism), 322 (mawfish punishment), 324 clamping, 322, 322 (Manaltio punish Explosive substance with the intention of causing damage) of the Pakistan Criminal Code.
According to the first information report, the suspects had stored fireworks in “excessive” amounts in a casual way without any precautionary measure, and their negligence and carelessness caused the loss of beautiful human lives and injuries and substantive damage to the property.
He added that a suspect was injured in the incident, while another was present during the time of the explosion and had managed to escape the place in his car.
By sharing expert findings, he said race, during the warehouse inspection, almost 300 cartons that weighed 500 kilograms of fireworks material were burned due to some “mishandling.” The building was “bad” damaged, while the explosion also caused serious effects extended by 180 meters in the surrounding area.
The excavation said that around 5000 kg of fireworks material were still in the three factors of the building in two containers, while another material was also out of the building in an open place in “dangerous conditions” that required demolition or urgent elimination, according to the findings of the BDS equipment.
“We are eliminating and eliminating the rest of the explosives with the help of worried agencies,” he said.
Haseb had said Dawn.com that the installation was located in the basement of a three -story commercial and residential building in Saddar.
“The raw material used for firecrackers was stored [in this facility]”Khan said.” During the initial probe, it was suspected that a short circuit caused a fire in the store, and there was a great explosion due to the presence of highly flammable material. “
However, the senior official of the Department of Terrorism (CTD), Raja Uumer Khattab, had told journalists that the installation contained explosive material, not raw material for fireworks.
“CTD had seized two tons of explosive material in this area in the recent past,” he said, and noted that the raw material in artificial fires could also be used in pumps.
The rescue spokesman added that the pillars and the walls of the building were damaged, while thick concrete blocks had fallen into close parked vehicles. The windows in nearby buildings were also crushed.
Fire frequently explodes in buildings in Pakistan due to a combination of poor infrastructure, weak application of generalized safety and negligence regulations. Many structures lack adequate fire exits, alarms and emergency protocols, while defective and overloaded energy systems increase the risk of electrical short circuits.
Earlier this month, a massive fire in a factory in the Karachi export processing zone (KEPZ) near Landhi that injured eight people and damaged at least three other factories was controlled after hours of efforts.
