Overview
- The fire broke out at Allah Mahmood Iqbal Cotton Factory in Chak 58-JB Lehlaan on the Sargodha Road Bypass under Sandal Bar police jurisdiction.
- Rescue 1122 deployed eight fire tenders, heavy rescue machinery and ambulances, bringing the blaze under control after several hours.
- The victims were identified as Jameel, 46, Muhammad Asghar, 25, and Adnan, whose bodies were recovered after firefighters subdued the flames.
- The intensity of the blaze caused a partial collapse of the factory’s roof and walls, resulting in major structural damage.
- Police shifted the bodies to Allied Hospital for post-mortem and opened legal proceedings, with the reported cause pointing to sparks from a broken machine blade igniting stored cloth and cotton waste; district data show 2,041 fire incidents in the first 11 and a half months of 2025, with 30 deaths and 144 injuries.