Fire erupts in building at Karachi's Shahrah-e-Faisal Metropole

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00:00In Karachi, near the Faisal Metropole sign, a fire has broken out on the 9th floor of the building.

00:04We will talk to Mr. Nazeer Shah about this.

00:07Nazeer, what is the latest situation?

00:10The latest situation is that more than 10 cars of the Fire Brigade are present here.

00:15One snorkel is present.

00:17Law enforcement, police, rescue volunteers, rescue 112 team are present here.

00:22We have just spoken to the rescue volunteers.

00:24They say that the rescue is being carried out from the 5th floor to the 12th floor.

00:29We know that there was a fire on the 8th floor.

00:32The smoke has spread completely inside.

00:34Right now, I can see people waving their hands on the side of the roof.

00:39Two people have just been rescued through a snorkel by putting a ladder on the window in front of us.

00:45And they are being transferred to a safe place.

00:49The cause of the fire has not yet been found.

00:53But right now, we know that there are a lot of people inside.

00:58The rescue volunteers say that their number is limited.

01:02Nothing can be said for sure.

01:03And it has also been said that the offices of the prosecutor's office are present in this building.

01:12Right now, the rescue team is going here.

01:15Thank you very much, Nazeer Shah.