Lahore plaza fire doused, Punjab CM takes notice

LAHORE: The fire which erupted in a multi-storey commercial plaza near Kalma Chowk was successfully doused by fire fighting teams and all trapped persons were safely rescued.

Rescue teams swiftly rushed to the scene of the incident and rescued several persons including women who were trapped inside the building. Around seven fire tenders and Rescue 1122 teams took part in the operation to extinguish the fire.

Lahore DCO, Dr. Ahmad Javed on information also arrived at the location of the fire and supervised rescue work.

Some offices at the plaza were destroyed in the wake of the fire, however, no loss of life occurred due to deft handling of the situation by fire fighting teams.

Punjab Chief Minister, Shahbaz Sharif taking notice of the incident has sought report from the concerned authorities.