A fire erupted in a slum in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi, destroying about 100 huts, a fire official said. No one was hurt. Though firetrucks arrived quickly, it took several hours to extinguish the flames.
A woman griefs while she and others collect their belongings in Karachi, Pakistan, Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021, following a fire that gutted hut homes. Scores of huts were burnt to ashes as the fire erupted making dozens of families homeless in a slum of Karachi, local media reported.
According to Inayat Ullah, a senior official at the city’s central fire station, the fire erupted in the dwellings along the Lyari River, under a bridge in central Karachi in the Teenhatti neighborhood. About 10 firetrucks arrived at the scene quickly and managed to extinguish the flames after several hours.
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