A business man walks past the Beverly Center, a plaza with shops in the capital Islamabad, as firefighters fought a blaze on it's top floor. The reason for the fire was still unknown. -Reuters Photo

ISLAMABAD: A fire broke out on the third-floor of a commercial plaza, Beverly Center, in the Blue Area Jinnah Avenue in Islamabad on Sunday night.

Soon after the incident, six fire tenders rushed to the spot and tried to extinguish the blazing fire, police said.

Clothing, garments, electronic, mobile phones shops and private offices are situated in Beverly Center.

It is feared that the fire caused losses worth million of rupees. The cause of fire has not yet been ascertained.

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