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Fire at Karachi slums kills five
KARACHI: At least five people including two minors were killed on Thursday when a fire broke out in slums located in the Gulistan-i-Jauhar area of the metropolis, said a police official.
A contingent of fire brigades was immediately dispatched to the site of the incident. The fire which was extinguished, claimed five lives by the time it was brought under control.
According to details of the victims provided by SSP East Javed Jiskani, Minhaj, 20; Shahida, 100; Rabia, 15; Sarfaraz, 12 and Mohsin, 8, died in this unfortunate incident.
Police and fire brigade officials stated that the fire erupted in Gulistan-i-Jauhar's Block 2 and gutted at least 70 slums in the locality.