At least five people, including four children, died in a fire that broke out in the slums of the Shantinagar area of Karachi on Thursday. Police officials said the fire broke out in a shack and soon engulfed other huts in the area.
The dead included 9-year-old Kamran, 11-year-old Farhan, 12-year-old Saima and 8-year-old Tayyaba. One of the children succumbed to burn injuries in the hospital. Police added that the fire brigade reached the spot and put out the blaze and that five huts were destroyed in the incident. The cause of the fire could not be ascertained.
According to details, a fire was erupted in the slum dwellings near Gulshan Iqbal Block 19 and soon it spread and gutted the shantytown.
Five of the dwellings were completely burned down. Two vehicles of fire brigades were rushed to the place to put out raging flames.
According to the fire brigade officials, the fire was ignited due to short circuit in the electricity wires near the slum dwellings. The miserable family of the deceased children appealed to the authorities to help them as they were very poor.
In November 2021, a horrific fire had broken out in a slum in Karachi, destroying nearly 100 shanties.
