A person breathed his last when a huge fire erupted in HT cables near Askari Park Gate No. 1 of Pir Ilahi Bux (PIB) Colony in Karachi.Soon after receiving the report, Rescue 1122 fire and rescue teams rushed to the spot and started operation to bring the fire under control. A swift and timely response from the rescue teams prompted the fire to expand further and the fire was brought under control.Later, the Rescue 1122 team recovered the body of an unidentified person under the debris of HT cables.

Rescue 1122 team started the process of identifying the dead person and determining why the dead man reached here and what he was doing.Rescue 1122 team shifted the dead body to hospital for completion of legal procedure. Earlier on September 23, 2026, a massive fire broke out in the Baloch Colony grid station of K-Electric (KE) in the small hours of Tuesday morning, depriving thousands of people living along Sharea Faisal of electricity for hours.

Residents said a loud explosion was heard at around 4am, followed by huge flames rising from the grid station. They said the fire spread rapidly, with thick smoke visible from a distance, causing panic in nearby localities.Rescue-1122 spokesperson Hassaan Ul Haseeb Khan said no casualties were reported in the incident. He described it as a third-degree fire and said the flames reached 30 to 40 feet in height.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP)