6 dead, many trapped after fire breaks out at shopping mall in Pak’s Karachi,...

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• Rescue 1122 spokesperson Hassaanul Haseeb Khan said that there had been six casualties and around 20 people rescued from the multi-storey building have been sent to a hospital.
• The firefighters and rescue teams were trying to put out the fire 16 hours after it started, officials said.
• IG Aslam speculated that a short circuit might be the reason for the fire.
• “Once the cooling starts, we will start further rescue operations, but the layout of the building is very complex as it houses a basement and mezzanine floor with hundreds of shops and stores,” rescue 1122’s Khan said.
• As many as 40 snorkels were being used and 60 per cent of the fire had been put out, he said, adding that the fire caused cracks in the mall’s walls.