Four fire tenders fight Gulistan-e-Jauhar furniture blaze

Rescue 1122 and police responded near Kamran Chowrangi as flames reached a neighbouring residential building; K-Electric cut power to the block as a safety step.

A fire broke out at a furniture market near Kamran Chowrangi in Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Karachi.

Rescue said flames also reached an adjacent residential building, which was brought under control.

Four fire tenders were engaged; firefighting at the market continued while teams worked to fully contain the blaze.

K-Electric shut electricity to the Gulistan-e-Jauhar block as a precaution.

SSP East said Gulistan-e-Jauhar and Shahrah-e-Faisal police secured the area; cause and financial loss were not yet known.

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