Police to register FIR on behalf of state over three deaths in factory fire
Karachi
February 12, 2021
A day after three labourers lost their lives in a fire at a thread factory in Baldia Town, police on Thursday decided to lodge an FIR on behalf of the state after the families of the deceased employees refused to register a case.
Police investigators have also recorded the statement of the factory owner. According to police, the owner told them that the factory was operational since the last five years where workers used to work 24 hours in different shifts.
The owner further told police that about a dozen employees were present in the factory when the fire broke out and all but two were able of escape. As the two employees were stuck in the fire, another employee who had earlier been able to escape went inside the factory again in a bid to rescue the others but he himself was trapped there.
Three workers killed in fire at Baldia Town factory
Karachi
February 11, 2021
Three labourers lost their lives after a fire erupted in a thread factory in Baldia Town on the night between Tuesday and Wednesday. A firefighter was also injured in the incident.
The fire erupted on the ground-plus-three-storey thread factory, Al-Makka Fibers, located in Madina Colony Sector 5 in Baldia Town. Upon receiving the information, fire tenders were despatched to the site to extinguish the blaze but according to some witnesses, they took a long time to arrive.
According to firefighters and witnesses, the fire erupted on the third floor of the factory and quickly engulfed the rest of the building. As many as 22 workers were present at the factory as the night shift when the fire broke out.