KARACHI:
“When a person turns into a fireman his best act of bravery has been achieved,” says an previous adage. That is notably true of firemen of the metropolitan metropolis of Karachi who had had a busy 12 months battling and dousing 1000’s of blazes in 2024, risking their lives to avoid wasting others’.
There have been as many as 2,187 hearth incidents within the teeming metropolis between January 1 and December 17, as per the statistic launched by the Fireplace Brigade Division on Saturday.
The breakdown exhibits that the very best variety of hearth incidents, 230, had been reported in January, adopted by 214 in February; 228 in March; 165 in April; 203 in Could; 200 in June; 143 in July; 149 in August; 119 in September; 200 in October; 175 in November; and 161 till December 17.
Equally, the statistics present that the very best variety of hearth incidents, 179, had been reported to the Saddar Fireplace Station. The breakdown reveals that 176 incidents had been reported at Central Fireplace Station; 140 at Nazimabad Fireplace Station; 123 at Lyari Fireplace Station; 143 at SITE Fireplace Station.
120 at Korangi Fireplace Station; 61 at Landhi Fireplace Station; 150 at Gulistan-e-Mustafa Fireplace Station; 71 at Orangi Fireplace Station; 54 at Shah Faisal Fireplace Station; 146 at Manzoor Colony Fireplace Station; 125 at North Karachi Fireplace Station; 21 at Baldia City Fireplace Station; 47 at Bolton Market Fireplace Station; 117 at Gulistan-e-Johar Fireplace Station; 44 at Civic Middle Faiz Station; and 65 at Malir Fireplace Station.
Furthermore, Gulshan-e-Iqbal Fireplace Station acquired 129, Gulshan-e-Maymar Fireplace Station 23, SITE Superhighway-2 Fireplace Station 55, and SITE Affiliation acquired 17 misery calls of fireside incidents. There have been 67 incidents of fireside in Korangi Affiliation of Commerce & Business (KATI), 33 in North Karachi Affiliation of Commerce & Business (NKATI), 69 within the Export Processing Zone, whereas 11 incidents of fireside occurred in Landhi Affiliation of Commerce & Business.