More than 150 huts destroyed in Teen Hatti fire.

Byline: Imtiaz Ali

KARACHI -- At least 150 huts were destroyed when a huge fire erupted in the Teen Hatti area on Tuesday night that was put out early on Wednesday morning after hectic efforts lasting for several hours, officials said.

A fire brigade official said that the fire broke out in the huts located under the Teen Hatti bridge, adjacent to the Lyari Expressway, at around 10.38pm on Tuesday, which engulfed the huts numbering around 200.

Three fire tenders with the help of four water tankers provided by the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board put it out at 2.26am.

No casualty was reported.

The official said that the exact cause of the fire and estimate of losses could not be made immediately.

A Supermarket police officer said that around 150 huts were destroyed in the blaze.

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The fire victims told the media that they had been living there for years. Some of them claimed that they were affectees of Lyari Expressway. Their homes were destroyed when the expressway was being built but they were not provided alternative residences.

Information Minister Saeed Ghani with Karachi Commissioner Iftikhar Shallwani visited the area and met the affected people.

The minister said that no human casualty occurred in the fire and promised that the government would help the affected persons.

The commissioner told Dawn that apparently some cooking material triggered the fire as per the initial probe. However, he added that he had ordered an inquiry into it.

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