Video: Fire breaks out at telephone exchange on II Chundrigar road

KARACHI: A fire broke out at an telephone exchange on II Chundrigar road, one of the city’s busiest thoroughfares, on Tuesday, ARY News reported.

Footage showed huge plumes of smoke rising in the air.

On getting information, two fire tenders reached the spot and put out the flames. Officials of the fire department said that fiber cable and trees were damaged in the fire.

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