{"id":60877,"date":"2024-12-31T12:06:17","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T07:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=60877"},"modified":"2024-12-31T12:06:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T07:06:17","slug":"fire-engulfs-karachis-gulistan-e-johar-furniture-market-causes-severe-damage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/fire-engulfs-karachis-gulistan-e-johar-furniture-market-causes-severe-damage\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire engulfs Karachi\u2019s Gulistan-e-Johar furniture market, causes severe damage"},"content":{"rendered":"

KARACHI: In a recent bizarre incident, a <\/span>huge<\/span>\u00a0fire\u00a0<\/span>engulfed<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the furniture market<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>on<\/span> Kamran Chowrangi, Gulistan-e-Johar, causing <\/span>heavy<\/span> damage<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to the market. The fire\u00a0<\/span>reportedly<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>began<\/span>\u00a0in nearby bushes\u00a0<\/span>before<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>spreading<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to the furniture market, which made it impossible<\/span>\u00a0to control.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the eyewitnesses,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the fire was\u00a0<\/span>very\u00a0<\/span>intense and\u00a0<\/span>spread<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>throughout<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>several\u00a0<\/span>shops in the furniture market, causing the shopkeepers<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to\u00a0<\/span>rush<\/span>\u00a0to\u00a0<\/span>salvage<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>whatever they could from\u00a0<\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>wares<\/span>. <\/span>Fortunately,\u00a0<\/span>people<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>present<\/span>\u00a0in the market were safely evacuated, and nearby residential buildings were\u00a0<\/span>not affected by the fire<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The fire brigade\u00a0<\/a><\/span>responds<\/span>\u00a0quickly to the emergency<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>so<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>seven fire brigade vehicles\u00a0<\/span>rush<\/span>\u00a0to the site\u00a0<\/span>dousing<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the flames. <\/span>This<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>took hours of effort\u00a0<\/span>on their part\u00a0<\/span>to bring\u00a0<\/span>this<\/span>\u00a0fire under control,\u00a0<\/span>by<\/span>\u00a0six vehicles from KMC and one from Rescue 1122<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Chief Fire Officer confirmed that\u00a0<\/span>more<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>than\u00a0<\/span>35 shops,\u00a0<\/span>which<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>mainly<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>sell\u00a0<\/span>used furniture,\u00a0<\/span>were<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>affected<\/span>, with 50% of the merchandise completely destroyed. The cause of the fire\u00a0<\/span>is<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>still\u00a0<\/span>unknown, and officials\u00a0<\/span>have<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>not<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>been able\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>give<\/span>\u00a0an accurate estimate of the financial losses.<\/p>\n

This\u00a0<\/span>is not the first\u00a0<\/span>case\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>this<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>nature.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>March last year<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>an<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>inexplicable<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>fire\u00a0<\/span>gutted<\/span>\u00a045 shops at the Gharibabad Furniture Market.\u00a0<\/span>Shopkeepers criticized the fire brigade for\u00a0<\/span>a<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>belated<\/span>\u00a0response<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Many<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>merchants\u00a0<\/span>broke<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>shutters to\u00a0<\/span>retrieve<\/span>\u00a0their goods. Authorities are investigating the\u00a0<\/span>cause<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>and<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>finding ways to prevent <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>this<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>sort<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>incident<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>in the\u00a0<\/span>future<\/span>. The fire has raised\u00a0<\/span>a<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>question<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>over\u00a0<\/span>the safety and security of markets in Karachi, and authorities are working to ensure that such incidents do not happen again in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KARACHI: In a recent bizarre incident, a huge\u00a0fire\u00a0engulfed\u00a0the furniture market\u00a0on Kamran Chowrangi, Gulistan-e-Johar, causing heavy damage\u00a0to the market. The fire\u00a0reportedly\u00a0began\u00a0in nearby bushes\u00a0before\u00a0spreading\u00a0to the furniture market, which made it impossible\u00a0to control.\u00a0 According to the eyewitnesses,\u00a0the fire was\u00a0very\u00a0intense and\u00a0spread\u00a0throughout\u00a0several\u00a0shops in the furniture market, causing the shopkeepers\u00a0to\u00a0rush\u00a0to\u00a0salvage\u00a0whatever they could from\u00a0their\u00a0wares. Fortunately,\u00a0people\u00a0present\u00a0in the market were safely evacuated, and nearby […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":60878,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[25321,25322,25320],"class_list":["post-60877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-chief-fire-officer","tag-fire-engulfs-karachis-furniture-market","tag-karachis-gulistan-e-johar-furniture-market"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60877"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60879,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60877\/revisions\/60879"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}