Pakistan Village Fire
Pakistan: Fire destroys village, inquiry team visits to inspect cause
Islamabad: An inquiry team-led by Sindh home secretary Dr Saeed Ahmed Magnejo on Thursday launched an investigation into the deadly fire incident in Faiz Mohammad Daryani village of Pakistan, media reports said on Friday.
Nine children died and more than 20 other men and women suffered serious burns in the blaze which reduced 50 mud-thatched houses to ashes on Monday evening, reports The Dawn.
Dr Magnejo arrived in the village after Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah formed the inquiry committee to probe the tragic incident.
He recorded statements of the people hit by the fire incident.
Imamuddin Chandio, who lost four children to the fire, complained that the fire broke out suddenly and spread to all houses within no time.
It continued to rage from 9 pm Monday evening to 8 am Tuesday morning but no fire brigade was sent to put out the blaze despite the villagers repeatedly informing the Dadu district administration and the Mehar town committee about the fire, he told The Dawn.
He said that the villagers faced great difficulty controlling the fire and shifting the dead bodies and the injured to the hospital in the absence of ambulances and fire brigades.
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