Overview
- Rescue 1122 and the KMC Fire Brigade controlled the blaze after several hours, deploying nine fire tenders and three water bowsers.
- The victim was identified as 51-year-old Muhammad Rafiq, who lived in a makeshift shelter outside the university boundary, and his body was taken to a hospital with Chhipa’s help for legal procedures.
- Smoke entered nearby residential buildings, with partial damage reported to some staff quarters and areas near a graveyard.
- Several nearby makeshift shelters were evacuated as a precaution, and a campus security adviser said all departments remained safe.
- In a separate incident, Rescue 1122 contained a scrap-yard fire in Korangi’s Sector 33-C, and the cause and losses remain undetermined.