KARACHI: At least five people were left unconscious and two were shifted to Jinnah Hospital after a fire broke out at the ninth floor of a building on Sharea Faisal near Metropole on Friday.
Traffic police officials have said that the track from Jinnah Hospital to Metropole has been closed off and the traffic is being diverted from FTC to Kala Pul.
Providing details of the rescue operation, the fire department has said that the blaze has been prevented from spreading further and that all 50 people in the building have been evacuated.
No one else is reported to be in the building, said the fire officials, adding that the flames will soon be brought under control.
Earlier, the police, while hinting at the possibility of people being trapped inside the building, had said that the rescue operation was halted due to heavy smoke.
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