Fire at KFH destroys four launches

KARACHI: A new cargo launch ready for sail was completely gutted while three other launches were partly burnt at the Karachi Fish Harbour (KFH) when fire broke out in the wee hours of Thursday, causing loss of million of rupees.

About a dozen fire tenders of Karachi Port Trust (KPT) and Dockyard put off the fire by mid day, A KFH officer told APP.

He said that a large size cargo launch named Al Muhammadi belonging to Mama Teddi built at the KFH facility and was to be floated in the sea in next two or three days.

According to a very careful estimate its market value was more than Rupees over one hundred million.

Standing next was another large size launch undergoing repair and two other launches at the initial stage of their construction were also badly burnt.