Karachi: Fire Breaks Out in Gas Pipeline Near Korangi Creek
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00:00In Karachi's Kurangi Creek, a gas pipeline has caught fire.
00:04According to the fire brigade, the fire has reached the third level.
00:07The fire brigade's six vehicles are busy extinguishing the fire.
00:09According to the police, the gas line was damaged during a water boring in a private society last night, which caused the fire.
00:16The engineers and workers of Swiss Southern Gas are busy stopping the leakage of the gas line.
00:20The fire in the gas pipeline is far away from the oil refinery.
00:24To talk about this, our representative Adnan Rajput is with us.
00:28Adnan, tell us, what is the latest situation? How many vehicles are participating in extinguishing the fire?
00:36Look, there are more than eight vehicles present at the moment and trying to control the fire.
00:41Cameraman Fahim Khan can show you that the flames of the fire are still talking to the sky.
00:48And the flames can be seen clearly from a distance of several kilometers.
00:54According to the police, the gas line was damaged during a water boring in a private society last night, which caused the fire.
01:13More than eight fire brigade vehicles are trying to control the fire.
01:19Adnan, tell us about this area. What kind of area is this? Are there any residential buildings here?
01:26And tell us, has there been any life-threatening damage reported so far?
01:32Look, no life-threatening damage has been reported so far.
01:36This is a field area where the gas line is passing through.
01:43The gas pipeline was damaged during mining and this fire has increased.
01:51According to the police, there is no sign of life-threatening damage.
01:56Police and rescue teams are present at the scene and trying to control the fire.
02:02Chief Fire Officer Zafar Khan has been informed that the gas company has been contacted.
02:12But the team has not reached here yet.
02:17But Adnan, the question is that until the gas company is not contacted and the pipeline is not closed, the fire will not be controlled.
02:32From the side of the fire brigade, it is being said that they are trying to put water on the fire and extinguish it.
02:40But despite that, the fire is still raging.
02:43Until the main line is not closed, it is extremely difficult to control the fire.
02:49Okay, tell us, Adnan, as we can see, there is a fire. Is the fire in the gas that is being exported or is there a property in which there is a fire?
02:58Look, the gas pipeline was passing through here.
03:03It was damaged during the water line and the fire has increased.
03:11This is a field area. This is a residential area. It is quite far from this.
03:15The oil refinery is also here. It is also quite far.
03:19Continuous efforts are being made to control the fire.
03:23The chief fire officer, Zafar Khan, is being told from his side that water is being poured on the fire.
03:31Adnan, when there is a fire here, chemicals are used to control the fire.
03:37Will the fire be extinguished by water here?
03:39Look, the fire brigade is trying to control the fire with chemicals.
03:45But until the main line of the gas is not closed, it is difficult to control the fire.
03:51The fire will continue to rage.
03:53So, Adnan, tell us, what does the chief fire officer say?
03:57How much time will it take to control the fire?
04:00What level of fire is this?
04:04It is being told from the side of the fire brigade that this fire has been declared as a third level fire.
04:11It is being told from the side of the fire brigade that there are more than eight vehicles trying to control the fire.
04:17Water is being poured on the fire, but the fire is still raging.
04:21It is being told from the side of the fire brigade that until this line is not closed, the fire will continue to rage.
04:27An SSGC officer has also been requested, but he has not reached here yet.
04:31And only he will be able to come here and tell us how to control the fire.
04:36Okay, Adnan, we will continue to get more details from you.
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