Transformer fire reduces nine vehicles to ashes in Karachi

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KARACHI: Intense blaze which erupted in an electricity transformer in Karachi’s Gulshan-e-Iqbal area this morning went out of control engulfed public properties before being extinguished.

The fire reduced to ashes five cars and four motorbikes parked near the power pylon when an electricity transformer installed on it exploded with a big bang in Gulshan-e-Iqbal’s Block 13-D 1.

The fire prompted panicked residents to throng to the site and make efforts to put out the blaze, preventing it from further extending.

Electricity of the area is yet to be restored following the incident.

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