KARACHI: The SITE police have initiated investigations into allegations that some of the factory workers had set a shoe factory on fire over non-payment of salaries before Eid, as the blaze was brought under control with the help of two fire tenders of the Pakistan Navy.
Moreover, an oil tanker caught fire on the National Highway, resulting in a traffic jam on the main road at midnight on Thursday night. About the factory fire incident, the officials informed that the fire erupted at a shoe factory near Habib Bank roundabout. The fire engulfed the entire factory in no time and after the initially called fire tenders, more than 10 fire engines were called in to tackle the fire, according to chief firefighter Tehseen Siddiqui.
At least five people, including three firefighters, suffered burn injuries and were shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for medical aid, he added. He said that the blaze was declared as third-degree intensity fire due to the presence of chemicals inside the factory, which compounded problems for the firefighters. in the incident.
Published in Daily Times, September 2nd 2017.
