KARACHI, Jan 17: A minor fire broke out on Thursday afternoon in a 10-storeyed building on Sharea Faisal.

Fire-brigade officials said the blaze broke out at around 2:30pm at room No. 107 on the second floor of Business Avenue due to a short circuit in a power generator kept in the balcony near a heap of garbage.

They said that the inmates of the second floor faced respiratory problems owing to thick smoke billowing out of the room, though the fire was immediately brought under control.

The incident also had its impact on the flow of vehicular traffic on the main artery of the city for around half-an-hour as thousands of onlookers thronged the site of the incident.

According to a fire brigade official, three fire tenders and a snorkel were rushed to the site.