Lahore Fire doesn’t cease

On Sunday morning, a fire erupted in a building located at the main Gulberg boulevard area in Lahore. The incident occurred due to the electrical short circuit, which took the second to the fourth apartment of the building in its flames.

Even after 12 hours, a fire that had erupted on Sunday morning at a plaza located in Lahore’s Gulberg and had engulfed the building in flames could not be put out. pic.twitter.com/Yyl2DbSAxl

— Al Virale (@ViraleAl) October 18, 2020

The fire that broke out in the morning couldn’t get extinguished yet. Even after more than 12 hours have passed since then, there are no signs of it coming to an end. More fire brigades have been requested from the Army to join the fire extinguishing team on the mission.

#HafeezCentre Lahore #fire still not put out after 12 hours#GeoNews

— Geo English (@geonews_english) October 18, 2020

The fire burst out on the second floor of the plaza. It flared up initially in a shop that sold electronic items including mobile phones, laptops, etc. From there, the fire reached up to the fourth floor.

A fire has broken out at Hafeez Centre in Lahore's Gulberg. As of 10am, the fire was still raging. Twelve fire trucks are at the scene trying to extinguish the blazehttps://t.co/1dQq40uwun

— Samaa English (@SamaaEnglish) October 18, 2020

As soon as the fire broke out, help was sought from the respective authorities, and fire brigade was called.

Huge fire breaks out at Lahore's shopping plaza https://t.co/j4bZvzv2CK pic.twitter.com/0rjEamv5EX

— Dunya News (@DunyaNews) October 18, 2020

Commissioner Lahore Division is continuously reporting the Chief Minister Usman Buzdar about the situation at the site.