Fire depart­ment report states that the fire engulf­ed all the 6 floors, leadin­g toward­s a case of arsonKARACHI: The fire brigade department has termed the fire that erupted in the Sindh Secretariat building ‘suspicious’. Fire did not erupt on its own, the situation and incident is suspicious, states the report submitted by chief fire officer, further saying it could be a case of arson. However, the end of the report states that a final cause of fire could not yet be ascertained. Files, furniture destroyed in Sindh Secretariat fireThe fire that broke out at the Sindh Secretariat building on February 25 was extinguished after an hour-long rescue operation. “The fire started from the sixth floor and spread through a duct, thereby reaching the first floor.

Source: The Express Tribune February 28, 2018 10:18 UTC