Commissioner Karachi established a technical committee to investigate the cause of the large fire inside the RJ Mall on Rashid Minhas Road in Karachi.
The technical committee was formed and is overseen by Altaf Sheikh, Deputy Commissioner East.
Committee Formed To Investigate RJ Mall Karachi Fire Incident
The committee will examine the potential causes and contributing elements of the RJ mall fire as well as the rescue department’s response time.
The committee will identify who was at fault—private citizens, departments, and negligent officers.
It will also make recommendations for how to stop similar incidents from happening in the future.
The team will submit the report within seven days.
FIR Registered
Prior to this development, a first information report (FIR) filed after a large fire inside the RJ Mall on Karachi’s Rashid Minhas Road claimed the lives of almost a dozen people, naming K-Electric (KE), builders, and other departments.
According to officials, a fire that broke out inside the RJ Shopping Mall a day earlier due to a suspected short circuit resulted in at least 11 deaths and five burn injuries.
Initially starting on the fourth floor, the fire spread to other floors.
According to the officials, the lack of ventilation in the building was the reason behind the deaths.
At the Sharah-e-Faisal Police Station, Sub Inspector Sadaruddin Mirani filed the FIR.
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