ISLAMABAD – A huge fire broke out at Centaurus Mall in Islamabad on Sunday.
No loss of life was reported as Islamabad police said it had diverted the traffic “due to fire incident in Centaurus mall.” Authorities did not disclose what had caused the fire.
The federal police said that all people trapped inside had been “safely evacuated” and no shops had been damaged.
ریسکیو ٹیموں نے مال میں پھنسے افراد کو عقبی راستے ایف ایٹ کی جانب سے بحفاظت نکال لیا ہے جس کے بعد ٹیمیں مال کے نادر سرچ آپریشن کررہی ہیں۔ریسکیو اور آگ بجھانے کےلیے ہیلی کاپٹر کو بھی طلب کیا جا رہا ہے۔
مال کے اندر آگ پر قابو پر لیا گیا ہے کسی بھی دکان کو نقصان نہیں پہنچا ۔⬇️— Islamabad Police (@ICT_Police) October 9, 2022
Police said that the fire had not been completely extinguished, requesting the citizens to avoid travelling near the mall to ensure that rescue teams could do their work uninterrupted.
Fire in #Centaurus mall. As per reports, fire erupted in food court of the mall#Islamabad
— Discover Pakistan 🇵🇰 | پاکستان (@PakistanNature) October 9, 2022
Islamabad Inspector-General Dr Akbar Nasir Khan, senior police officials, and district administration representatives reached the site to oversee the situation.
Capital Development Authority (CDA) Chairman Capt (retd) Mohammed Usman Younas also reached the site and supervising the rescue and firefighting operations.
Chairman CDA along with ICT Administration over seeing rescue and relief opertion. Most of the area is under cooling process where as rest of the area will be controlled soon.Rescue teams are in side the building to search and rescue if any one is trapped inside. pic.twitter.com/xGrBkAlsl5
— Office of the Chairman CDA, Islamabad. (@CDAthecapital) October 9, 2022
