KARACHI: The huge fire that erupted in an ‘illegally’ built warehouse in the basement of a superstore at Jail Chowrangi on Wednesday morning was ‘finally’ controlled on Saturday evening, said officials. “Fire has been controlled completely,” Assistant Commissioner-Ferozabad Asma Batol told media. She added that the cooling work continued. She said firefighters had entered the basement and were involved in the cooling process, though light smoke was still emanating from there. She said the Chase store was completely destroyed while the mezzanine and ground floors were adversely affected. She said 12 cars and 38 motorbikes were safely removed from two parking floors while some vehicles were still there, but they did not suffer damage. Web Desk
She admitted that the fire had again erupted at midnight on Friday.
