LAHORE: In two fire incidents occurring on Saturday in as many factories in the city valuables worth millions were gutted.

In the first incident, a fire erupted in a plastic factory on Ravi Road near Timber Market.

Rescue 1122 officials said the fire broke out due to bursting of the factory’s boiler.

On being called, the fire-fighting teams of Rescue 1122 reached the spot and extinguished the blaze after an hour-long efforts.

No casualty was reported in the incident.

In the other incident, a fire broke out in a garment factory in South Cantonment area.

According to Rescue 1122 officials, the fire broke out due to short-circuit.

They said the factory workers tried to control the blaze on their own but after failing to do so they alerted the Rescue 1122 emergency service. The firefighters reached the spot and extinguished fire.

No loss of life or injury was reported in the incident.

Published in Dawn, April 17th, 2016