The police have registered a first information report (FIR) but failed to make any arrests a day after nearly a dozen people were killed in a massive fire at a commercial high-rise building in Karachi’s Gulistan-e-Jauhar area.
At least 11 people died while five others were injured after a blaze erupted inside the R.J. Shopping Mall at 6:20am Saturday because of a suspected short circuit. The fire began on the fourth floor due to short circuit and later engulfed other floors. According to officials, the deaths occurred beca¬use the building had no ventilation.
Today, the police registered a case at the Sharea Faisal police station. It stated that an inspection of the site revealed that the six-storey building did not have an emergency exit or a fire alarm system and it was suspected that the blaze erupted due to a short circuit.
It elaborated that after the fire broke out, people stuck inside the building tried to flee using stairs and lifts, resulting in suffocation.
