LAHORE: Three children died of multiple burns after a fire broke out at a scrap warehouse at China Scheme here on Monday night.

As per the initial reports, the fire spread so fast that the children including Alezay (6), her brother Ali Ahmad (4) and sister Fizza (2) got trapped in a part of the warehouse.

The parents of the children were not present there at the time of the incident and the neighbours called Rescue 1122 and police officials soon after they spotted huge flames.

A local resident told the police that the neighbours helped and recovered the children in a critical condition as the Rescue teams were on the way. Of them, Alezay and Ali breathes their last due to critical burns on way to hospital while Fizza died during treatment.

A Rescue 1122 spokesperson confirmed the death of the three siblings in the fire incident which had sparked panic and fear in the area.

He said the cause of the fire had not yet been determined.

To a question, the spokesperson told the journalists that the Rescue 1122 vehicles reached the site and controlled the ablaze after hectic efforts of a few hours.

The children had already been shifted to the hospital by the local residents, he said.

The police are investigating the incident.

Published in Dawn, April 28th, 2026