Karachi:
The rescuers drawn three other bodies from the rubble from the Al-Amna square on my Jinnah Road, increasing the death toll of the explosion of the fireworks warehouse from Thursday to six. Four of the wounded are in critical condition.
The explosion occurred in a warehouse and a store used to store and sell fireworks, located inside Al-Amna Plaza. The explosion sparked a massive fire, which was under control before the emergency teams launched research operations.
Late Thursday evening, the rescuers recovered the second body of the debris. The charred and unidentifiable corpse has been transferred to the civil hospital. Passers -by, however, recognized the victim by his beard like Hamza, 32. Married two and a half years ago, Hamza was the father of a young girl. He directed a surgical instrument shop in Al-Amna Plaza, providing equipment to hospitals. Goods of millions of rupees have been destroyed in the explosion.
Friday, a third body was recovered and taken to the civilian hospital. The deceased was identified by his family as Shehzad Ali, 40. Shehzad had a hearing aid shop called “Karachi Hearing” in the place, and was a resident of Korangi n ° 5 with two children. His parent Dilshad said that despite the search for several cemeteries, they had trouble finding space for his burial. Finally, after a lot of effort, it was put at rest at the Goth Goth cemetery, Korangi, after Friday prayers.
Later in the evening, the rescuers recovered a fourth body from the debris. The officials identified the deceased as Sikandar, 20, son of Rizwan. With his death, the explosion toll climbed to six. Four of the bodies were removed from the rubble, while two of the wounded had succumbed to their injuries in Jinnah and civil hospitals on Thursday evening.
Rescue officials 1122 said that site research operations were still underway. Police completed the area and deployed additional staff. Al-Amna Plaza merchants told Express that it was not yet clear how many people could stay trapped. They said that a man named Ayaz, who was present at the Plaza at the time of the explosion, was missing since, his family desperately looking for him without success.
The district South Mahzoor Ali SSP, accompanied by a team from the bombs elimination team, was present on the site.
He said the police appointed the owner of the warehouse, Muhammad Hanif – locally known as Hanif Patakha – and her brother, Muhammad Ayub, in the case. Hanif is currently in police custody, while efforts are underway to arrest Ayub, which would have been her trading partner. It was not clear if Ayub was present at the warehouse at the time of the explosion.
SSP Ali said that the fireworks warehouse destroyed in the explosion was quite old. Investigations are underway to determine how long they had had a license and how its renewal process was managed.
He mentioned that the warehouse license was not recently issued – it was very old. Since the warehouse existed, this implies that they previously had a license. He added that all the results are emerging during the survey will be examined in depth. He also said that the remaining fireworks of the warehouse are inspected by the Department of Explosives and the Bombs elimination team, and their report will be published soon.
Firefighter chief Humayun Khan said the explosion was so powerful that it had damaged the structural pillars of the building and broke the windows of stores and houses nearby.
