Rescue officials reported that the fire that started on Monday at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) building in Karachi, which caused trading to be suspended for about two hours, has been contained.
Hassaan Khan, a spokesman for Sindh Rescue 1122, states that no fatalities have been reported.
Khan stated that the fire started on the fourth story of the Ali Habib Trading Company building located on I.I. Chundrigar Road. He also mentioned that as soon as the fire departments arrived, the structure started to cool down.
Khan reported that two fire department trucks arrived to the scene to put out the fire as soon as Rescue 1122’s Central Command and Control received the information.
In order to put out the fire, he said that six fire brigades and one snorkel had arrived at the structure.
