Over 45 Rescue 1122 personnel with 13 vehicles battle large-scale blaze; cause unknown
Thick plumes of smoke billow from a textile factory that caught fire in Rawalpindi’s Industrial Estate on February 9. PHOTO: SCREENGRAB
RAWALPINDI:
Rescue and firefighting teams have been dispatched after a fire broke out at a garment factory in Rawalpindi’s Rawat Industrial Estate on Monday.
A statement from Rescue 1122 said over 45 personnel, along with 13 emergency vehicles, reached the scene and were engaged in firefighting operations to bring the blaze under control.
It said the fire was of a large scale and the fire-fighting operation was ongoing with with the department’s firefighters from all districts directed to reach the scene.
“More rescue fire tenders have been dispatched to the spot,” the statement said, adding that the cause of the fire was not yet known.
It further said that other fire services and the Water and Sanitation Agency had also been called to the spot.
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This is a developing story and will be further updated
