A fire broke out at a shopping center in Defense area Karachi on Friday night.
According to rescue sources, the blaze erupted at the second storey of a shopping center in Defense Phase-1. The fire has not yet been brought under control despite three hours of efforts.
Eight fire tenders of the Clifton Cantonment Board and Karachi Municipal Corporation are busy in efforts to extinguish the blaze. A snorkel has also been deployed at the scene to put out the fire.
Cloth worth millions had been reduced to ashes in the wake of blaze, said shop owners present at the spot. They also questioned firefighting capability of concerned departments.