KARACHI: A fire erupted on the second floor of a packaging factory near the Karachi Fish Harbour in the wee hours of Saturday in Karachi.

The blaze was controlled with the help of three fire trucks. The fire brigade’s operation to put out the fire faced some problem because of location of the building in the fish market.

Fire brigade officials said the factory building caught fire because of short circuit in electricity wires.

There were cartons and thermopol sheets in the building which was closed and vacant, therefore no casualty took place.

The rescue officials carried out cooling process after completely dousing the fire.

On October 17, a warehouse of firecrackers had caught fire in a residential area of Karachi, near MA Jinnah Road.

All sorts of crackers went off with powerful sounds of different kinds, spreading panic among residents of the nearby houses. Clouds of smoke hovered over the multi-storey buildings.

Three vehicles of fire brigade initially arrived at the site of the incident to douse the blaze. Firecrackers continued to discharge, until the fire brigade‘s operation lasted. The fire also damaged the vehicles parked near the warehouse, whose owner has been identified as Hanif.

Fire brigade officials had said they had stopped fire from spreading further despite hurdles because of huge amount of crackers stored there. Station Officer Saddar Fire Station Zaheer Siddiqui had said the fire was controlled with the help of six vehicles.