KARACHI, Aug 22: A seven-member team of the Karachi Building Control Authority will inspect the fire-devastated building of the Pakistan National Shipping Corporation on Thursday.

KBCA chief Rauf Akhter Farooqi, who heads the team, told Dawn that the status of the 16-storey building would be determined after its inspection by the team.

The PNSC building on Sunday had caught fire for the second time in six months. The latest blaze started out on the fourth floor and reached the tenth floor causing severe damage to the building.

The KBCA chief said the team had gone to inspect the building, constructed in 1958 by a Turkish company, but they were not allowed to enter the building by the security personnel.

“We will visit the building tomorrow (Thursday). Let us examine it, then we will be in a position to determine its status and the damage caused by the fire,” he said.

Meanwhile, sources said the people who were present in the PNSC building when the fire broke out were being interviewed by the investigators.