Overview
- Fire broke out late Saturday into early Sunday in Block 12 near Munawar Chowrangi, burning through informal huts and personal belongings.
- Four KMC fire engines and three Rescue 1122 tenders responded, with additional water bowsers and tankers dispatched due to a shortage.
- Firefighters brought the blaze under control around 2:30 a.m., and cooling operations started after water supply resumed at about 5:30 a.m.
- No human fatalities were reported, though residents said motorcycles and livestock were destroyed.
- Hundreds of predominantly low-income migrant families were displaced and appealed to the Sindh government and philanthropists for urgent relief.