Textile mill, warehouse gutted in Faisalabad

FAISALABAD: A fire that broke out at a textile mill’s warehouse resulted in the losses of millions as firemen failed to fight the fire down in time here in Faisalabad, Geo News reported late Thursday night.

Though, no loss of life was reported but machinery and merchandise worth millions of rupees went up in smoke before the firemen could do anything.

Fire brigade and Rescue 1122 sources told Geo News that 10 fire tenders took part in the operation but failed to bring the blaze under control that erupted in the warehouse located in Millat Industrial Estate.

They added that owing to the fact that there was farmland behind the factory, the firemen faced utmost difficulty in dousing the fire.

“The location of warehouse slowed down our efforts as we had to go around the fields to reach the part of the building where the blaze was doing most of the damage”, the rescuemen said.

Eyewitnesses claimed that fire broke out due to short-circuit when the factory workers tried to turn on a standby power generator during loadshedding hours.

The police have started investigation.