Playing with fire: Despite being a megacity, Karachi lacks a responsive firefighting system that can tackle blazes efficiently
Despite the six telephone lines at the fire brigade’s central control room in Karachi ringing simultaneously, the operator avoids answering them citing the general public’s “non-serious” attitude with regard to reporting fire incidents. “We have become sick and tired of prank calls from citizens as they fail to realize the importance of the emergency telephone lines”, he says, trying to
