A rescue operation is underway after a fire broke out on Friday in Kawish Plaza on the Sharea Faisal road in Karachi, a 1122 rescue spokesman said in a statement.
“The people of the building have risen to the roof and will be rescued soon,” the statement said.
The fire initially exploded in the generator on the second floor, hindering the rescue operation due to smoke.
“As soon as the central command and the rescue 1122 control received the information, the fire and rescue team, along with an ambulance and three trucks from the Fire Brigade, reached the scene,” the statement added.
According to the spokesman, Rescue 1122 is trying to control the fire as soon as possible.
The Sindh Rehabilitation Minister Makhdoom Mehboobuz Zaman has also instructed the rescue operation to accelerate, according to a statement from his spokesman.
Fire incidents are common in the metropolis due to the absence of adequate fire safety measures in buildings.
Last month, thirty stores were destroyed when a great fire broke out in a commercial building in Clifton early in the morning.
Four people, including a firefighter, were affected by smoke inhalation and twelve fire tenders worked for four hours to control the fire.
In February of last year, the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) informed the SENDH Superior Court that it had made a fire security audit of more than 265 commercial buildings, and that it did not have a single fire safety certificate or a non -objection certificate (NOC) issued by the Department of the Fire Brigade.
Of 265 buildings, around 155 did not have fire and smoke detectors installed, while the state of nine of these buildings was not available in this regard, the KMC report added.
Similarly, the condition of the wiring and electric system of more than 155 buildings was called dissatisfactory. Regarding access to fire extinction equipment, the report said that around 200 buildings did not have non -unsatisfactory fire extinguishing equipment.
The SHC had ordered the provincial authorities to ensure that the relevant teams inspect all shopping centers in the city to determine security standards in place.
The Bank expressed its resentment for several incidents related to the fire that occurred recently in purchases and commercial buildings in the metropolis.
The court had approved such directives in a case related to a fire in a shopping center in Rashid Minhas Road in 2023. At least 11 people died while five others were injured after a fire broke out inside the RJ shopping center due to an alleged short circuit.
