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Summary At least two persons including a firefighter were injured when a factory caught fire in Karachi.
A factory in Karachi’s Shershah area caught fire on Friday injuring two people including a firefighter.According to details, a tissue paper and diaper manufacturing factory caught fire in Karachi’s Shershah area within the remit of Site police station.The fire erupted as a result of sparks from a welding machine, which was being used during construction work being carried out at the factory premises.Six fire tenders, dispatched to the site of incident, were busy putting out the fire. Two persons including a firefighter were injured during the efforts to extinguish the fire.All people in the factory were safely evacuated.Goods worth millions of rupees were reduced to ashes whereas the main warehouse, where the tissue paper and diaper stock were stored, was saved from the fire.
