KARACHI, Feb 16 More than 50 vehicles, mostly scrap, lying in the central vehicle pool, commonly known as Nazarat, caught fire and burnt down after a fire broke out in the bushes around the facility in the early hours of Tuesday.

Officials at the fire department said that the fire broke out in the bushes surrounding the Nazarat near Aziz Bhatti Park in Gulshan-i-Iqbal's block 10 and due to wind it spread in the area where a large number of vehicles were parked.

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